Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.42% or 3.70 points to trade at 263.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 0.63% or 0.9 points to end at 144.6 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.59% or 2.8 points to 475.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which fell 1.81% or 3.30 points to trade at 179.00 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 1.63% or 1.70 points to end at 102.70 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 1.59% or 1.9 points to 117.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 468 to 249 and 82 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.43% or 0.20 to $46.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.54 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.04 to trade at $1289.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.5248, while USD/SEK rose 0.50% to 8.1180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.59.