Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.96% or 2.5 points to trade at 129.2 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.82% or 1.5 points to end at 86.0 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 1.27% or 1.10 points to 87.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which lost 6.69% or 13.3 points to trade at 185.4 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 3.51% or 1.66 points to end at 45.61 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) shed 1.83% or 0.15 points to 7.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 303 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.60% or 1.03 to $65.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.41% or 0.97 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.80 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.37% to 10.1956, while USD/SEK fell 0.10% to 8.2487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.