Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE), which rose 2.31% or 1.72 points to trade at 76.33 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.20% or 3.5 points to end at 162.5 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 0.95% or 0.35 points to 37.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 6.75% or 10.35 points to trade at 143.00 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) declined 1.90% or 5.1 points to end at 263.7 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.87% or 2.0 points to 107.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 326 to 299 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.16% or 0.10 to $62.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.44 to hit $69.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1292.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 10.4086, while USD/SEK rose 0.12% to 9.2781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.912.