Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 4.40% or 7.9 points to trade at 188.2 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.74% or 0.45 points to end at 26.24 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 1.08% or 0.45 points to 42.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 3.41% or 2.64 points to trade at 74.84 at the close. Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) declined 2.81% or 12.3 points to end at 425.9 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 2.13% or 4.4 points to 201.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 356 to 274 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.40% or 7.9 to 188.2.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.24% or 0.68 to $55.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.27% or 0.75 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1551.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.45% to 10.7737, while USD/SEK rose 0.51% to 9.7209.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.093.