Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.97% or 2.7 points to trade at 139.4 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.85% or 2.00 points to end at 110.25 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.74% or 6.5 points to 379.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 5.02% or 2.55 points to trade at 48.27 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 4.30% or 6.99 points to end at 155.41 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) shed 2.64% or 4.25 points to 157.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 336 to 271 and 66 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $74.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1330.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 10.4116, while USD/SEK fell 0.02% to 8.5178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.