Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 1.11% or 3.0 points to trade at 273.1 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 0.44% or 0.9 points to end at 204.8 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 0.27% or 0.5 points to 183.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 7.49% or 11.9 points to trade at 147.0 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 1.99% or 3.4 points to end at 167.4 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 1.81% or 0.31 points to 16.79.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 403 to 331 and 83 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.45% or 0.26 to $56.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.03 to trade at $1276.47 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 9.7428, while USD/SEK fell 0.23% to 8.3582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.32.