Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.57%

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb ), which rose 3.54% or 7.70 points to trade at 223.60 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN ) added 2.16% or 34.00 points to end at 1,605.50 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB ) was up 1.64% or 9.60 points to 595.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb ), which fell 2.73% or 1.50 points to trade at 54.10 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa ) declined 2.55% or 5.50 points to end at 209.80 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa ) was down 1.58% or 2.45 points to 152.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 471 to 298 and 76 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.99% or 2.72 to $70.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.68% or 2.64 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.97% or 25.80 to trade at $2,685.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.60% to 11.38, while USD/SEK rose 1.22% to 10.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.98.

Source: Investing.com