Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 1.65% or 1.70 points to trade at 105.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.23% or 4.0 points to end at 330.1 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.19% or 1.70 points to 144.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 12.98% or 26.0 points to trade at 174.3 at the close. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 5.13% or 9.30 points to end at 171.90 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was down 3.34% or 1.40 points to 40.57.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 390 to 229 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; down 12.98% or 26.0 to 174.3. Shares in Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.13% or 9.30 to 171.90.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.32% or 0.18 to $57.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1257.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.79% to 10.0172, while USD/SEK rose 0.78% to 8.5038.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.82.