Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 2.25% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.49% or 0.27 points to trade at 11.29 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 2.39% or 4.1 points to end at 175.4 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.66% or 1.05 points to 158.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 3.91% or 3.80 points to trade at 93.48 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 3.77% or 10.3 points to end at 262.8 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 3.58% or 3.8 points to 102.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 548 to 96 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.91% or 3.80 to 93.48. Shares in Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.66% or 1.05 to 158.60. Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.58% or 3.8 to 102.2.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.53% or 0.34 to $63.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.80% or 0.54 to hit $67.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1331.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 9.8445, while USD/SEK fell 0.37% to 7.9516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 89.50.