Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.52% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 0.56% or 0.70 points to trade at 126.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 0.53% or 1.40 points to end at 265.00 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 0.29% or 0.30 points to 103.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.25% or 0.79 points to trade at 34.32 at the close. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) declined 1.84% or 16.0 points to end at 855.5 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.31% or 1.9 points to 142.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 519 to 215 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.51% or 0.71 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.02% or 1.03 to hit $52.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.99 to trade at $1295.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.12% to 9.5305, while USD/SEK fell 0.35% to 8.1111.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.42.