Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.45%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG ), which rose 1.07% or 9.80 points to trade at 923.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb ) added 0.29% or 0.80 points to end at 275.70 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND ) was up 0.24% or 0.50 points to 205.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb ), which fell 4.11% or 9.60 points to trade at 223.70 at the close. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH ) declined 3.83% or 0.84 points to end at 21.07 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb ) was down 1.52% or 2.70 points to 171.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 511 to 266 and 68 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.08% or 1.47 to $69.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.39% or 1.03 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 13.84 to trade at $2,656.16 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.50% to 11.49, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 10.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.47.

Source: Investing.com