Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 1.92% or 3.90 points to trade at 207.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) added 0.57% or 0.03 points to end at 5.83 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was up 0.38% or 0.12 points to 31.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which fell 3.99% or 4.30 points to trade at 103.60 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 3.98% or 1.29 points to end at 31.15 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 3.06% or 49.00 points to 1,551.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 499 to 271 and 82 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.99% or 1.34 to $68.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.91% or 1.35 to hit $72.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.70 to trade at $2,797.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.66% to 11.58, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 10.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.95.