Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 0.90% or 0.36 points to trade at 40.46 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.17% or 0.40 points to end at 236.30 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to 213.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 2.36% or 5.70 points to trade at 236.00 in late trade. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 2.11% or 2.2 points to end at 104.5 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 2.06% or 4.2 points to 199.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 435 to 188 and 59 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.46% or 0.32 to $70.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.35% or 0.27 to hit $78.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 9.40 to trade at $1197.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.30% to 10.5377, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 9.1106.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.48.