Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 0.82% or 1.4 points to trade at 172.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.48% or 1.3 points to end at 272.3 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 0.32% or 0.40 points to 125.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.87% or 1.18 points to trade at 29.31 at the close. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 3.36% or 8.9 points to end at 255.8 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 2.62% or 4.00 points to 148.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 379 to 185 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.36% or 8.9 to 255.8.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.73% or 0.35 to $47.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.67% or 0.33 to hit $48.60 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.72% or 21.90 to trade at $1252.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.18% to 9.3531, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.3460.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.27.