Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 2.19% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.03% or 0.1 points to trade at 361.8 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) fell 0.42% or 2.4 points to end at 568.2 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 0.99% or 2.20 points to 219.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which fell 10.03% or 11.1 points to trade at 99.6 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 3.14% or 3.0 points to end at 93.6 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 3.00% or 6.2 points to 198.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 484 to 123 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.03% or 11.1 to 99.6. Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.14% or 3.0 to 93.6.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.06% or 0.69 to $64.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1324.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.53% to 10.1483, while USD/SEK rose 0.87% to 8.2542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.53.