Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.58% or 2.0 points to trade at 130.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.14% or 1.15 points to end at 102.05 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.16% or 0.1 points to 89.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which fell 4.18% or 1.64 points to trade at 37.63 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 2.69% or 2.30 points to end at 83.28 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 2.38% or 4.4 points to 180.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 383 to 214 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.69% or 2.30 to 83.28. Shares in Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.38% or 4.4 to 180.8.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.37% or 1.55 to $67.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.01% or 1.43 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 19.00 to trade at $1364.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.43% to 10.3092, while USD/SEK rose 0.22% to 8.3265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.