Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.14% or 0.88 points to trade at 28.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.41% or 2.30 points to end at 165.20 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 0.93% or 2.1 points to 227.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which fell 3.18% or 5.3 points to trade at 161.5 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.47% or 1.8 points to end at 121.0 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 1.34% or 4.1 points to 302.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 320 to 269 and 63 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.92% or 1.47 to $51.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.44% or 1.26 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.85 to trade at $1271.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 9.6984, while USD/SEK rose 0.18% to 8.8440.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.