Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 4.90% or 2.97 points to trade at 63.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) added 2.68% or 6.5 points to end at 249.2 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.45% or 4.1 points to 287.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 6.64% or 2.02 points to trade at 28.40 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.95% or 1.08 points to end at 35.47 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 2.94% or 7.20 points to 237.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 389 to 314 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.64% or 2.02 to 28.40.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.68% or 1.33 to $48.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.74% or 1.43 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.11 to trade at $1267.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 9.7564, while USD/SEK fell 0.48% to 8.6833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.92.