Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.66% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 0.71% or 1.00 points to trade at 142.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 0.43% or 1.1 points to end at 257.9 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.39% or 0.2 points to 63.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.93% or 1.26 points to trade at 30.77 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 2.01% or 2.20 points to end at 107.20 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 1.75% or 4.10 points to 230.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 365 to 349 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) fell to all time lows; losing 1.75% or 4.10 to 230.50.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.34% or 0.60 to $45.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.24% or 0.59 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1244.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.46% to 9.6373, while USD/SEK fell 0.29% to 8.4428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.47.