Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 5.10% or 1.34 points to trade at 27.61 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 3.51% or 2.80 points to end at 82.65 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 2.38% or 3.7 points to 159.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa), which lost 5.35% or 6.1 points to trade at 107.9 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) declined 1.93% or 3.6 points to end at 182.5 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) shed 1.54% or 2.5 points to 159.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 264 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.38% or 1.30 to $39.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.16% or 0.87 to hit $41.20 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.93% or 36.00 to trade at $1265.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.40% to 9.2624, while USD/SEK fell 0.49% to 8.1793.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.01% at 94.73.