Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 1.25% or 0.72 points to trade at 58.27 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 0.94% or 1.7 points to end at 182.0 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 0.80% or 2.2 points to 278.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 1.88% or 4.5 points to trade at 234.4 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.72% or 0.62 points to end at 35.46 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 1.18% or 2.50 points to 209.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 377 to 306 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) rose to all time highs; rising 0.80% or 2.2 to 278.4.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1248.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5252, while USD/SEK fell 0.16% to 8.8117.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.44.