Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 0.44% or 0.16 points to trade at 36.80 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 0.33% or 0.8 points to end at 243.0 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.24% or 0.3 points to 125.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 31.75% or 16.00 points to trade at 34.40 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 3.75% or 1.42 points to end at 36.42 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 2.60% or 7.10 points to 266.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 512 to 188 and 60 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.21% or 0.59 to $48.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 10.55 to trade at $1244.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.32% to 9.5048, while USD/SEK fell 0.37% to 8.7892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 99.49.