Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 0.31% or 0.25 points to trade at 81.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 0.19% or 0.07 points to end at 36.17 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.14% or 0.4 points to 284.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 3.09% or 7.6 points to trade at 238.5 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 2.93% or 5.60 points to end at 185.70 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 2.25% or 6.30 points to 273.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 446 to 234 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.31% or 0.25 to 81.20.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.84% or 0.46 to $53.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.90% or 0.51 to hit $56.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 9.5256, while USD/SEK rose 0.04% to 8.9969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.