Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 2.25% or 4.90 points to trade at 222.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 1.08% or 0.39 points to end at 36.34 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.88% or 0.6 points to 68.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 1.52% or 2.14 points to trade at 138.66 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 1.49% or 2.70 points to end at 178.00 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was down 1.12% or 4.2 points to 371.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 425 to 286 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.44% or 1.18 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.50% or 0.79 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.64 to trade at $1293.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 9.5130, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 8.0599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.18.