Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.31% or 0.98 points to trade at 43.43 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 0.44% or 1.20 points to end at 275.90 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.42% or 0.80 points to 189.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.80% or 0.65 points to trade at 16.45 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 2.62% or 2.80 points to end at 104.00 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) shed 2.27% or 3.9 points to 168.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 384 to 227 and 67 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.61% or 0.35 to $57.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.10 to trade at $1268.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 9.9555, while USD/SEK fell 0.32% to 8.3817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.89.