Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 0.41% or 1.3 points to trade at 318.4 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.26% or 1.1 points to end at 425.4 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 0.19% or 0.40 points to 215.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 4.34% or 6.1 points to trade at 134.0 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 3.29% or 0.22 points to end at 6.47 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 3.25% or 1.56 points to 46.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 393 to 230 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.24% or 2.17 to $64.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.40% or 2.58 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 27.20 to trade at $1281.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.92% to 10.2082, while USD/SEK rose 0.51% to 8.7886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.74.