Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.56% or 2.4 points to trade at 429.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 0.14% or 0.01 points to end at 7.21 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 217.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 2.69% or 37.5 points to trade at 1358.0 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.64% or 1.86 points to end at 68.64 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 2.64% or 4.15 points to 152.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 390 to 231 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; up 0.56% or 2.4 to 429.8.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.11% or 0.07 to $65.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.47% or 1.10 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.20 to trade at $1269.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.52% to 10.3365, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.9111.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.59.