Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.34% or 3.20 points to trade at 242.10 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.18% or 2.00 points to end at 171.60 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.64% or 3.5 points to 552.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which lost 5.92% or 5.55 points to trade at 88.25 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 2.06% or 5.7 points to end at 270.7 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 1.27% or 0.48 points to 37.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 352 to 342 and 84 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.49% or 1.60 to $47.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.18% or 1.55 to hit $50.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 5.92 to trade at $1222.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.6927, while USD/SEK rose 0.30% to 8.9159.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 99.45.