Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which rose 2.89% or 4.95 points to trade at 176.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.48% or 1.00 points to end at 41.32 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 1.63% or 2.0 points to 123.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 1.43% or 1.11 points to trade at 76.53 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.96% or 1.10 points to end at 113.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 0.93% or 6.4 points to 679.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 364 to 265 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.05% or 1.42 to $70.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.72% or 0.57 to hit $79.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.60 to trade at $1208.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.42% to 10.4500, while USD/SEK fell 0.57% to 8.9900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.86.