Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.27% or 0.90 points to trade at 40.52 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.22% or 4.0 points to end at 331.8 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.78% or 0.13 points to 16.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which lost 2.63% or 3.80 points to trade at 140.50 in late trade. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.48% or 4.7 points to end at 184.5 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) shed 1.76% or 3.5 points to 195.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 458 to 164 and 56 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.46% or 1.42 to $56.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.12% or 1.33 to hit $61.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1266.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.47% to 9.9380, while USD/SEK rose 0.81% to 8.4321.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.59.