Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 2.61% or 3.55 points to trade at 139.35 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.04% or 2.8 points to end at 140.0 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.62% or 3.1 points to 197.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 11.91% or 20.9 points to trade at 154.2 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 7.57% or 7.20 points to end at 87.90 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 3.80% or 9.1 points to 230.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 343 to 296 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) fell to 3-years lows; down 11.91% or 20.9 to 154.2.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.78% or 0.47 to $59.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.55 to trade at $1314.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 10.4346, while USD/SEK rose 0.31% to 9.2723.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.398.