Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 1.11% or 1.00 points to trade at 91.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) added 0.10% or 0.10 points to end at 104.30 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was down 0.09% or 0.3 points to 337.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb), which fell 4.20% or 7.5 points to trade at 171.2 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 3.72% or 1.60 points to end at 41.37 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was down 3.45% or 8.2 points to 229.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 295 to 143 and 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.80% or 1.71 to $43.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.81% or 1.44 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.43% or 4.70 to trade at $1108.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5773, while USD/SEK fell 0.26% to 8.6663.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 97.20.