Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.30% or 0.53 points to trade at 41.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 1.04% or 2.2 points to end at 212.8 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.85% or 2.4 points to 284.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 2.07% or 5.90 points to trade at 279.10 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.08% or 0.36 points to end at 32.89 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 1.02% or 0.47 points to 45.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 384 to 331 and 82 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.75% or 0.86 to $48.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.25 to hit $54.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.52 to trade at $1352.82 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.38% to 9.5585, while USD/SEK rose 0.24% to 7.9379.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.25.