Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.32% or 4.20 points to trade at 322.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.01% or 1.15 points to end at 115.10 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 0.71% or 0.64 points to 91.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 4.41% or 6.4 points to trade at 138.8 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.81% or 1.98 points to end at 68.42 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 2.49% or 2.2 points to 85.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 323 to 295 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.32% or 4.20 to 322.40.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.66% or 0.47 to $70.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1322.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.34% to 10.2729, while USD/SEK fell 0.61% to 8.5982.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.37.