Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 2.84% or 36.0 points to trade at 1305.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 2.22% or 1.9 points to end at 85.5 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 1.05% or 3.2 points to 307.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 4.50% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.35 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 3.30% or 4.5 points to end at 132.9 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 2.52% or 3.92 points to 151.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 316 to 308 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.94% or 1.32 to $66.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $77.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1300.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.18% to 10.2955, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 8.8241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.07.