Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.04% or 0.35 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.59% or 5.0 points to end at 320.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.71% or 2.10 points to 299.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 3.26% or 1.78 points to trade at 52.77 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 2.11% or 4.5 points to end at 209.1 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.89% or 3.1 points to 160.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 473 to 259 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; up 1.59% or 5.0 to 320.0.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.10 to $57.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.35 to hit $64.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 11.45 to trade at $1287.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.09% to 9.7186, while USD/SEK fell 0.16% to 8.3828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.75.