Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.07% or 2.50 points to trade at 236.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 0.12% or 0.12 points to end at 96.66 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 0.06% or 0.10 points to 157.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 18.34% or 3.08 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 4.16% or 4.19 points to end at 96.56 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was down 3.28% or 1.85 points to 54.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 444 to 173 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; down 18.34% or 3.08 to 13.70.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.72% or 0.47 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.58% or 0.41 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1359.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 9.8120, while USD/SEK fell 0.85% to 7.8591.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.