Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.18% or 0.14 points to trade at 6.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) added 0.81% or 2.9 points to end at 361.6 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was up 0.60% or 1.9 points to 325.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 2.06% or 1.70 points to trade at 80.90 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.78% or 2.4 points to end at 134.8 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 1.72% or 1.90 points to 108.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 440 to 189 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.06% or 1.70 to 80.90.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.78% or 1.89 to $65.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.84% or 0.63 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1303.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.93% to 10.3544, while USD/SEK rose 1.58% to 8.9642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.73.