Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.59% or 3.3 points to trade at 211.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 1.45% or 0.56 points to end at 39.05 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.48% or 0.80 points to 166.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 3.68% or 21.0 points to trade at 550.0 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 2.05% or 0.63 points to end at 30.10 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 1.99% or 3.7 points to 182.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 367 to 333 and 102 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.23% or 0.56 to $46.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.19% or 0.57 to hit $48.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.32 to trade at $1217.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.84% to 9.5262, while USD/SEK fell 0.61% to 8.3671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.65.