Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.74% or 4.0 points to trade at 234.4 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.24% or 3.8 points to end at 310.5 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 0.69% or 1.5 points to 218.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 3.49% or 0.99 points to trade at 27.39 in late trade. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.15% or 2.9 points to end at 131.7 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) shed 1.66% or 1.70 points to 100.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 274 and 69 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.02% or 0.44 to $42.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.00% to 9.5134, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.6574.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.