Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 0.41% or 1.3 points to trade at 318.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.26% or 1.1 points to end at 425.4 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 0.19% or 0.40 points to 215.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 4.34% or 6.1 points to trade at 134.0 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 3.29% or 0.22 points to end at 6.47 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was down 3.25% or 1.56 points to 46.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 393 to 230 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.24% or 2.17 to $64.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.42% or 2.60 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 27.20 to trade at $1281.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.92% to 10.2083, while USD/SEK rose 0.52% to 8.7895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.75.