Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which rose 7.01% or 7.15 points to trade at 109.20 at the close. Meanwhile, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 1.65% or 0.80 points to end at 46.20 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.60% or 1.40 points to 87.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb), which fell 3.09% or 5.40 points to trade at 168.00 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) declined 3.04% or 6.10 points to end at 194.50 and Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) was down 1.63% or 0.10 points to 6.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 443 to 318 and 95 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.11% or 1.68 to $81.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.61% or 1.35 to hit $85.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.95 to trade at $2,468.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 11.53, while USD/SEK fell 0.44% to 10.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 103.51.