Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE), which rose 1.57% or 1.17 points to trade at 75.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) added 0.91% or 3.7 points to end at 411.7 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.86% or 1.1 points to 127.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which fell 2.99% or 4.25 points to trade at 138.00 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 2.57% or 4.94 points to end at 187.04 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 2.17% or 2.45 points to 110.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 401 to 237 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.57% or 4.94 to 187.04.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.99% or 1.81 to $47.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.81% or 2.05 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.40 to trade at $1287.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.43% to 10.2100, while USD/SEK rose 1.39% to 8.9932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 96.363.