Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 2.20% or 2.90 points to trade at 134.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) added 2.18% or 3.1 points to end at 145.2 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.81% or 3.0 points to 169.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which fell 3.47% or 7.2 points to trade at 200.3 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 2.47% or 3.3 points to end at 130.4 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 1.91% or 3.2 points to 164.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 308 to 302 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.58% or 0.30 to $52.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1243.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.17% to 9.4563, while USD/SEK fell 0.39% to 8.8349.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.11.