Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 3.34% or 5.80 points to trade at 179.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 2.77% or 6.60 points to end at 244.80 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 2.61% or 0.93 points to 36.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb), which fell 3.13% or 7.7 points to trade at 238.3 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 2.08% or 6.0 points to end at 281.8 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 1.56% or 1.25 points to 78.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 361 to 251 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.34% or 5.80 to 179.60.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.59% or 2.27 to $51.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.94% or 2.56 to hit $54.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.42% or 4.90 to trade at $1169.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.61% to 9.8330, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 9.2463.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 101.21.