Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which rose 3.02% or 2.45 points to trade at 83.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 1.78% or 3.9 points to end at 223.0 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 1.76% or 3.4 points to 196.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 4.46% or 5.10 points to trade at 109.20 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.38% or 0.62 points to end at 25.47 and Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 2.05% or 1.28 points to 61.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 369 to 228 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.13% or 1.45 to $44.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.22% or 1.57 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 5.05 to trade at $1311.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.42% to 9.5555, while USD/SEK rose 0.36% to 8.5695.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.04.