Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 0.70% or 0.04 points to trade at 6.18 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.06% or 0.4 points to end at 644.6 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 109.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 2.73% or 1.40 points to trade at 49.90 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 2.68% or 6.2 points to end at 225.3 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was down 2.52% or 8.2 points to 317.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 412 to 205 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.06% or 0.4 to 644.6.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.66% or 0.48 to $71.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.52% or 0.41 to hit $79.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.30% to 10.2656, while USD/SEK rose 0.97% to 8.7733.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.94.