Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.01% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 1.86% or 0.81 points to trade at 44.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 1.16% or 1.60 points to end at 139.60 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.30% or 1.5 points to 503.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb), which fell 2.17% or 3.3 points to trade at 148.5 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.06% or 1.97 points to end at 93.53 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 1.87% or 1.90 points to 99.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 448 to 161 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.11% or 1.45 to $45.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.10% or 1.49 to hit $46.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.39% or 17.95 to trade at $1305.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.17% to 9.8907, while USD/SEK fell 0.73% to 8.8992.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 97.24.