Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 2.19% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.03% or 0.1 points to trade at 361.8 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) fell 0.42% or 2.4 points to end at 568.2 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 0.99% or 2.20 points to 219.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which lost 10.03% or 11.1 points to trade at 99.6 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 3.14% or 3.0 points to end at 93.6 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) shed 3.00% or 6.2 points to 198.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 484 to 123 and 42 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.03% or 0.67 to $64.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.40 to hit $69.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1324.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.54% to 10.1501, while USD/SEK rose 0.89% to 8.2553.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.53.