Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.27% or 0.90 points to trade at 40.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.22% or 4.0 points to end at 331.8 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.78% or 0.13 points to 16.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which fell 2.63% or 3.80 points to trade at 140.50 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.48% or 4.7 points to end at 184.5 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 1.76% or 3.5 points to 195.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 458 to 164 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.22% or 4.0 to 331.8.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.41% or 1.39 to $56.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.08% or 1.31 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1266.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.47% to 9.9381, while USD/SEK rose 0.81% to 8.4322.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.60.