Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which rose 1.19% or 1.3 points to trade at 111.0 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.02% or 0.46 points to end at 45.42 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 0.99% or 0.52 points to 53.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.90% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.66 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.73% or 4.6 points to end at 260.8 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 1.59% or 3.2 points to 195.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 336 to 267 and 51 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.40% or 0.24 to $59.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1330.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.9216, while USD/SEK fell 0.45% to 8.0282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 89.55.