Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which rose 1.23% or 2.2 points to trade at 176.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.15% or 0.64 points to end at 56.52 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 1.03% or 2.1 points to 206.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which fell 1.31% or 1.35 points to trade at 101.80 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 1.09% or 2.60 points to end at 236.30 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was down 0.87% or 0.8 points to 86.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 309 to 297 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.11% or 0.07 to $63.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.30 to trade at $1331.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.34% to 9.8173, while USD/SEK fell 0.49% to 8.0928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 91.06.