Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 3.91% or 18.4 points to trade at 488.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 3.49% or 3.46 points to end at 102.56 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 2.81% or 6.30 points to 230.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 7.91% or 3.52 points to trade at 40.97 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 6.22% or 5.9 points to end at 89.6 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was down 5.72% or 13.4 points to 221.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 315 to 312 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; up 3.91% or 18.4 to 488.6.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $68.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.80 to trade at $1228.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.03% to 10.3806, while USD/SEK fell 0.53% to 8.8658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 94.36.