Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.29% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.98% or 3.6 points to trade at 370.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.75% or 0.62 points to end at 83.28 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 0.65% or 0.8 points to 123.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 2.12% or 4.22 points to trade at 194.50 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.69% or 0.40 points to end at 23.23 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 1.53% or 9.6 points to 617.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 522 to 148 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.69% or 0.40 to 23.23.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.21% or 0.67 to $54.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 1.07 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 6.10 to trade at $1533.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.13% to 10.7157, while USD/SEK rose 0.15% to 9.6482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.988.