Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.82% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 2.03% or 9.6 points to trade at 481.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.00% or 1.80 points to end at 182.00 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.08% or 0.03 points to 36.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 3.89% or 11.6 points to trade at 286.9 at the close. Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) declined 2.60% or 3.60 points to end at 135.00 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was down 1.80% or 0.76 points to 41.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 432 to 250 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.39% or 0.68 to $49.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.92% or 0.99 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.51 to trade at $1269.51 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.52% to 9.5427, while USD/SEK fell 1.13% to 8.1217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 93.22.