Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.01% or 4.60 points to trade at 233.60 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.85% or 0.74 points to end at 40.84 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.01% or 0.62 points to 62.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 1.55% or 2.50 points to trade at 158.80 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.32% or 7.5 points to end at 559.5 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 1.17% or 3.3 points to 279.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 263 and 81 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.78% or 0.79 to $45.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.66% or 0.78 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.23 to trade at $1213.43 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.6285, while USD/SEK fell 0.05% to 8.4242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.73.