Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 7.23% or 18.3 points to trade at 271.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 1.45% or 1.80 points to end at 126.20 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 1.09% or 1.60 points to 148.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which fell 4.48% or 12.6 points to trade at 268.8 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 2.21% or 3.10 points to end at 137.10 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was down 2.01% or 4.5 points to 219.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 310 to 226 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.60% or 0.26 to $43.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $44.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.25 to trade at $1280.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 9.2656, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 8.0620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 93.26.