Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 6.34% or 0.62 points to trade at 10.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.29% or 4.5 points to end at 353.6 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 0.92% or 0.35 points to 38.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.01% or 2.8 points to trade at 138.7 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.11% or 1.3 points to end at 115.4 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was down 0.91% or 0.90 points to 97.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 320 to 280 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.29% or 4.5 to 353.6.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.65% or 1.02 to $62.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1331.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.39% to 10.0121, while USD/SEK rose 0.03% to 8.1214.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.73.