Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 2.74% or 5.6 points to trade at 210.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 1.14% or 0.44 points to end at 39.09 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.17% or 0.2 points to 121.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 3.80% or 5.64 points to trade at 142.96 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 2.84% or 8.1 points to end at 276.8 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was down 2.73% or 8.2 points to 292.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 483 to 224 and 92 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.31 to $45.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $47.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1244.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.18% to 9.7032, while USD/SEK fell 0.54% to 8.4970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.48.