Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 4.69% or 1.64 points to trade at 36.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 2.85% or 5.10 points to end at 184.10 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 2.36% or 5.6 points to 242.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which fell 4.24% or 5.4 points to trade at 121.9 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 4.01% or 9.5 points to end at 227.7 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was down 2.59% or 4.7 points to 176.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 368 to 292 and 99 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.51% or 0.75 to $50.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.97% or 0.51 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.60 to trade at $1248.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 9.5563, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 8.9085.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.99.