Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.10% or 3.1 points to trade at 283.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 1.00% or 2.6 points to end at 263.2 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.76% or 4.5 points to 596.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 5.39% or 9.9 points to trade at 173.7 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.05% or 3.04 points to end at 145.06 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was down 2.05% or 0.80 points to 38.13.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 354 to 331 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) rose to all time highs; up 1.10% or 3.1 to 283.9. Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.00% or 2.6 to 263.2.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.64% or 1.69 to $44.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.74 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.56 to trade at $1278.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.03% to 9.7491, while USD/SEK fell 0.55% to 8.6454.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.