Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa), which rose 1.42% or 1.20 points to trade at 85.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.41% or 1.00 points to end at 72.15 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.37% or 1.32 points to 97.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 3.32% or 7.3 points to trade at 212.5 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.75% or 0.47 points to end at 26.43 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 1.54% or 1.45 points to 92.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 324 to 254 and 74 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.67% or 1.67 to $47.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.42% or 1.64 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.46% or 6.15 to trade at $1343.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.5140, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 8.4507.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.00.