Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which rose 0.74% or 1.4 points to trade at 190.2 at the close. Modern Times Group MTG AB ser. B (ST:MTGBs) added 0.41% or 0.9 points to end at 218.2 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 0.08% or 0.2 points to 247.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 3.71% or 1.28 points to trade at 33.26 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 3.45% or 3.70 points to end at 103.50 and Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) shed 3.41% or 11.4 points to 322.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 183 and 4 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.59% or 0.23 to $39.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $43.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.30% or 14.80 to trade at $1123.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.02% to 9.6419, while USD/SEK rose 1.20% to 8.4692.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.98% at 94.83.