Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 2.51% or 13.5 points to trade at 551.5 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 2.03% or 3.10 points to end at 156.10 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 0.88% or 1.3 points to 149.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 10.79% or 28.4 points to trade at 234.8 in late trade. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 2.24% or 4.4 points to end at 192.4 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) shed 2.04% or 2.20 points to 105.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 186 and 4 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.95% or 0.54 to $57.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.96% or 0.59 to hit $62.60 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.20 to trade at $1163.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 1.20% to 9.3761, while USD/SEK rose 0.86% to 8.4549.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.25.