Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.13%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG ), which rose 14.93% or 142.30 points to trade at 1,095.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb ) added 4.02% or 4.00 points to end at 103.90 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH ) was up 1.92% or 0.54 points to 28.72 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa ), which fell 5.49% or 8.70 points to trade at 149.80 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb ) declined 2.77% or 3.90 points to end at 137.10 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa ) was down 2.34% or 5.10 points to 212.90.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 389 to 373 and 77 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.40% or 0.99 to $69.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.25% or 0.94 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 11.80 to trade at $2,741.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 11.44, while USD/SEK unchanged 0.02% to 10.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.05.

Source: Investing.com