Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.94% or 4.3 points to trade at 460.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 0.67% or 0.7 points to end at 99.5 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.42% or 0.7 points to 169.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 2.73% or 20.8 points to trade at 741.0 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.63% or 2.12 points to end at 78.50 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was down 2.32% or 12.2 points to 513.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 414 to 215 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.73% or 20.8 to 741.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $74.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $84.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1204.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.17% to 10.4491, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.0831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.41.