Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.26% or 3.00 points to trade at 240.80 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.42% or 0.15 points to end at 35.64 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 0.35% or 0.6 points to 171.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which fell 2.08% or 0.94 points to trade at 44.20 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 1.13% or 0.42 points to end at 36.60 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 0.89% or 0.48 points to 53.67.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 287 to 284 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.56% or 0.30 to $54.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.35 to trade at $1140.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.80% to 9.5666, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 9.2088.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 103.44.