Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 3.46% or 3.3 points to trade at 98.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 2.91% or 6.40 points to end at 226.30 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.56% or 7.5 points to 488.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.59% or 3.5 points to trade at 133.3 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.91% or 0.83 points to end at 42.52 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 1.35% or 3.55 points to 258.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 350 to 262 and 64 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.75% or 1.20 to $67.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.22% or 1.65 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 5.80 to trade at $1217.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 10.2708, while USD/SEK rose 0.15% to 8.8047.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.45.