Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.73% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 1.25% or 7.0 points to trade at 568.5 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 0.69% or 1.9 points to end at 277.3 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.64% or 0.10 points to 15.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 2.49% or 4.80 points to trade at 187.80 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.08% or 3.24 points to end at 152.66 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 1.66% or 1.70 points to 100.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 306 to 302 and 57 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.39 to $60.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.82% or 0.54 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.90 to trade at $1306.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.26% to 9.8213, while USD/SEK fell 0.91% to 8.1708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.