Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 0.52% or 1.2 points to trade at 232.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 0.17% or 0.1 points to end at 83.5 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.08% or 0.3 points to 400.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 14.73% or 1.16 points to trade at 6.72 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 5.52% or 8.5 points to end at 145.2 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 3.05% or 4.45 points to 141.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 401 to 231 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 3-years lows; falling 14.73% or 1.16 to 6.72.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $67.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 8.10 to trade at $1313.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.71% to 10.5807, while USD/SEK fell 0.90% to 8.8368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.37.