Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.04% or 0.35 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.59% or 5.0 points to end at 320.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.71% or 2.10 points to 299.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which lost 3.26% or 1.78 points to trade at 52.77 in late trade. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 2.11% or 4.5 points to end at 209.1 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 1.89% or 3.1 points to 160.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 473 to 259 and 85 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.23% or 0.13 to $57.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.38 to hit $64.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 11.45 to trade at $1287.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 9.7185, while USD/SEK fell 0.16% to 8.3825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.75.