Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 0.80% or 1.4 points to trade at 176.8 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 0.65% or 1.6 points to end at 246.5 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.57% or 1.4 points to 245.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 5.12% or 2.50 points to trade at 46.33 in late trade. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) declined 1.47% or 14.0 points to end at 936.0 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) shed 1.45% or 2.60 points to 176.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 421 to 261 and 75 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.23% or 1.08 to $47.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.75% or 0.90 to hit $50.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1203.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 9.5166, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 8.9496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 101.42.