Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 1.84% or 1.20 points to trade at 66.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) added 1.81% or 2.6 points to end at 146.2 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.55% or 1.4 points to 253.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which fell 4.91% or 2.23 points to trade at 43.18 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.91% or 1.05 points to end at 35.03 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 2.63% or 6.40 points to 236.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 313 to 251 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.49 to hit $54.95 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.15 to trade at $1131.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.15% to 9.6091, while USD/SEK fell 0.40% to 9.1951.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.96.