Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.69% or 6.50 points to trade at 247.90 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.54% or 3.8 points to end at 702.1 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.49% or 0.9 points to 196.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which fell 3.25% or 3.60 points to trade at 107.00 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 3.08% or 7.10 points to end at 223.40 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 1.79% or 4.4 points to 241.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 342 to 299 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.72% or 1.24 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.62 to hit $83.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.00 to trade at $1196.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 10.3206, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 8.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.63.