Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which fell 0.07% or 0.20 points to trade at 268.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) fell 0.19% or 0.9 points to end at 475.9 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.29% or 0.50 points to 170.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.66% or 1.29 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 3.58% or 5.8 points to end at 155.0 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was down 3.51% or 3.16 points to 86.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 454 to 181 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.95% or 1.17 to $58.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.80% or 1.22 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.35 to trade at $1311.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.51% to 10.4852, while USD/SEK rose 1.24% to 9.2866.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.185.