Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.59% or 3.3 points to trade at 211.2 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 1.45% or 0.56 points to end at 39.05 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.48% or 0.80 points to 166.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 3.68% or 21.0 points to trade at 550.0 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 2.05% or 0.63 points to end at 30.10 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) shed 1.99% or 3.7 points to 182.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 367 to 333 and 102 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.23% or 0.56 to $46.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.24% or 0.59 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.24 to trade at $1217.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.84% to 9.5265, while USD/SEK fell 0.60% to 8.3675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.66.