Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.57% or 5.0 points to trade at 144.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.02% or 1.33 points to end at 67.09 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.93% or 3.15 points to 166.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa), which fell 5.94% or 21.2 points to trade at 335.6 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) declined 5.25% or 16.9 points to end at 305.1 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 3.73% or 3.7 points to 95.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 363 to 253 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.02% or 1.33 to 67.09. Shares in Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.73% or 3.7 to 95.6.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $67.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.33 to hit $73.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.90 to trade at $1323.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.17% to 10.4248, while USD/SEK rose 0.67% to 8.5640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.98.