Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 0.82% or 1.4 points to trade at 172.5 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.48% or 1.3 points to end at 272.3 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 0.32% or 0.40 points to 125.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 3.87% or 1.18 points to trade at 29.31 in late trade. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 3.36% or 8.9 points to end at 255.8 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) shed 2.62% or 4.00 points to 148.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 379 to 183 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.83% or 0.40 to $47.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $48.54 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.68% or 21.40 to trade at $1253.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.18% to 9.3533, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.3459.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.27.