Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.73%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 2.41% or 29.0 points to trade at 1232.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.94% or 5.5 points to end at 590.8 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 0.04% or 0.1 points to 262.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 4.97% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.65 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 3.77% or 3.36 points to end at 85.74 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 3.55% or 6.05 points to 164.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 414 to 217 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.97% or 0.40 to 7.65. Shares in Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.77% or 3.36 to 85.74.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.48% or 0.30 to $63.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.80 to trade at $1336.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 10.2985, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 8.3977.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.