Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.73% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 1.25% or 7.0 points to trade at 568.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 0.69% or 1.9 points to end at 277.3 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.64% or 0.10 points to 15.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 2.49% or 4.80 points to trade at 187.80 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.08% or 3.24 points to end at 152.66 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 1.66% or 1.70 points to 100.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 306 to 302 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.39 to $60.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.82% or 0.54 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.00 to trade at $1306.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.26% to 9.8215, while USD/SEK fell 0.90% to 8.1710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.