Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.94% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.14% or 14.0 points to trade at 1246.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.01% or 3.8 points to end at 379.8 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.42% or 0.5 points to 124.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which fell 5.60% or 10.9 points to trade at 184.5 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) declined 2.87% or 9.0 points to end at 305.1 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was down 2.71% or 9.5 points to 341.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 427 to 182 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.01% or 3.8 to 379.8.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.72% or 0.46 to $63.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.84% or 0.57 to hit $67.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1339.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 10.3270, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 8.4009.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.73.