Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 1.70% or 1.4 points to trade at 83.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 0.75% or 2.00 points to end at 268.40 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 0.56% or 0.80 points to 142.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 2.42% or 3.0 points to trade at 120.8 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 2.29% or 5.70 points to end at 243.20 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 1.90% or 0.34 points to 17.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 365 to 244 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.42% or 3.0 to 120.8.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $56.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.70 to trade at $1254.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.23% to 9.9318, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 8.4358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.71.