Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.69% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 0.41% or 0.8 points to trade at 207.6 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 0.27% or 0.3 points to end at 131.2 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 0.19% or 0.3 points to 188.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 4.54% or 29.6 points to trade at 622.6 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 4.50% or 1.41 points to end at 29.90 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was down 3.70% or 2.88 points to 75.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 499 to 157 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.54% or 29.6 to 622.6. Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.50% or 1.41 to 29.90.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.56% or 1.66 to $44.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.64% or 2.01 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 9.05 to trade at $1278.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.42% to 10.2920, while USD/SEK fell 1.04% to 9.0098.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.167.