Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.72% or 0.82 points to trade at 48.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 1.56% or 19.0 points to end at 1239.5 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.35% or 3.90 points to 292.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 7.09% or 0.63 points to trade at 8.30 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 6.95% or 7.2 points to end at 96.7 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 1.07% or 1.2 points to 110.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 334 to 266 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 3-years lows; down 7.09% or 0.63 to 8.30. Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.95% or 7.2 to 96.7.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.30% or 1.46 to $65.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.48% or 1.67 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.94% or 12.30 to trade at $1324.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.29% to 10.0930, while USD/SEK rose 0.06% to 8.2282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.76.