Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.88% or 0.58 points to trade at 31.51 at the close. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) added 1.36% or 1.9 points to end at 141.1 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 0.57% or 0.7 points to 123.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 5.30% or 26.30 points to trade at 470.30 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 2.11% or 1.60 points to end at 74.15 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) shed 1.77% or 0.83 points to 46.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 269 to 268 and 67 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.74% or 0.77 to $45.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.76% or 0.79 to hit $45.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.77% or 22.55 to trade at $1294.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.34% to 9.2825, while USD/SEK rose 0.18% to 8.1266.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 93.66.