Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.88%
Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: SBBb ), which rose 2.80% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST: BOL ) added 1.21% or 3.70 points to end at 310.00 and SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) was up 0.64% or 3.00 points to 466.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST: GETIb ), which fell 2.76% or 5.20 points to trade at 183.10 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ) declined 2.46% or 1.00 points to end at 39.70 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST: ERICb ) was down 2.26% or 1.92 points to 83.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 434 to 323 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.64% or 3.00 to 466.40.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.46% or 0.28 to $61.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.43% or 0.28 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.92% or 63.10 to trade at $3,358.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.34% to 10.82, while USD/SEK fell 0.91% to 9.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 99.15.