Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.68% or 3.6 points to trade at 217.5 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 0.37% or 0.60 points to end at 163.10 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.33% or 0.70 points to 210.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which lost 2.16% or 0.87 points to trade at 39.32 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 2.15% or 11.0 points to end at 501.5 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) shed 2.05% or 1.95 points to 93.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 446 to 173 and 51 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.75% or 0.35 to $46.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.44 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.38% or 17.55 to trade at $1290.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.23% to 9.8948, while USD/SEK fell 0.89% to 8.9496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.