Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 2.57% or 3.8 points to trade at 151.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 0.97% or 1.10 points to end at 114.60 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.37% or 0.90 points to 242.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs), which fell 3.68% or 8.4 points to trade at 220.0 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 1.79% or 3.1 points to end at 170.1 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 1.73% or 8.8 points to 499.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 305 to 238 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1133.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.93% to 9.6220, while USD/SEK fell 1.34% to 9.2240.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 103.00.