Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 1.46% or 2.20 points to trade at 149.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 0.45% or 1.20 points to end at 266.30 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) was down 0.10% or 0.10 points to 100.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 3.08% or 6.50 points to trade at 204.70 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) declined 2.77% or 1.50 points to end at 51.90 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 2.55% or 2.65 points to 101.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 472 to 270 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.31% or 3.02 to $73.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 4.09% or 3.02 to hit $76.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.35 to trade at $2,669.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.28% to 11.37, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 10.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.81.