Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.56%

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb ), which rose 11.80% or 0.42 points to trade at 3.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE ) added 0.90% or 1.10 points to end at 123.10 and SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb ) was up 0.34% or 0.80 points to 234.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG ), which fell 3.37% or 32.60 points to trade at 933.60 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb ) declined 3.15% or 1.50 points to end at 44.50 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb ) was down 2.40% or 3.90 points to 156.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 460 to 310 and 77 ended unchanged.

Shares in Evolution AB (ST:EVOG ) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.37% or 32.60 to 933.60.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $70.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.75% or 48.11 to trade at $2,708.59 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.11% to 11.53, while USD/SEK fell 0.08% to 10.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.26.

Source: Investing.com