Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 2.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which rose 0.64% or 1.2 points to trade at 188.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) fell 0.42% or 1.0 points to end at 237.4 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 0.42% or 0.6 points to 142.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.94% or 1.40 points to trade at 34.16 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 3.07% or 4.30 points to end at 135.60 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 2.97% or 7.1 points to 232.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 385 to 60 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 7.78% or 3.83 to $45.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 8.62% or 4.67 to hit $49.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.64% or 7.30 to trade at $1139.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.36% to 9.5310, while USD/SEK fell 0.37% to 8.4396.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 95.46.