Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which rose 3.71% or 3.46 points to trade at 96.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 0.87% or 1.1 points to end at 133.9 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 0.80% or 1.6 points to 196.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 2.47% or 3.5 points to trade at 139.9 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 2.18% or 2.20 points to end at 98.80 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 1.92% or 12.4 points to 634.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 327 to 285 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.71% or 3.46 to 96.74.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.55% or 1.61 to $61.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.59% or 1.15 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1273.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.17% to 10.7442, while USD/SEK fell 0.17% to 9.6296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.893.