Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 2.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 0.17% or 0.20 points to trade at 116.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) fell 0.03% or 0.1 points to end at 347.9 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 1.51% or 1.35 points to 88.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which fell 4.35% or 11.9 points to trade at 261.9 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 3.82% or 6.7 points to end at 168.6 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was down 3.70% or 12.5 points to 325.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 352 to 88 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.12% or 0.05 to $43.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.40% or 15.50 to trade at $1123.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.40% to 9.5980, while USD/SEK fell 1.05% to 8.5656.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.26% at 96.01.