Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 2.67% or 5.5 points to trade at 211.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 1.39% or 1.25 points to end at 91.30 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.98% or 2.00 points to 206.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which fell 4.07% or 5.4 points to trade at 127.2 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 4.00% or 8.6 points to end at 206.4 and SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) was down 1.58% or 2.4 points to 149.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 351 to 254 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.67% or 5.5 to 211.2.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.13% or 0.57 to $49.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.24% or 0.64 to hit $50.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.80% or 10.05 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.23% to 9.7158, while USD/SEK rose 0.18% to 8.9249.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.74.