Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 0.81% or 3.90 points to trade at 487.30 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.79% or 3.8 points to end at 482.7 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 0.31% or 0.5 points to 162.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which lost 8.66% or 15.80 points to trade at 166.70 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 4.77% or 1.40 points to end at 27.93 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 3.97% or 8.5 points to 205.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 394 to 158 and 48 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.30% or 0.87 to $36.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.28% or 0.91 to hit $38.93 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.37% or 16.80 to trade at $1240.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 9.2833, while USD/SEK rose 0.04% to 8.1524.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 94.42.