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Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Stockholm Industrials, Stockholm Health Care PI and Stockholm Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which rose 3.86% or 0.99 points to trade at 26.67 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 2.11% or 10.30 points to end at 495.60 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.25% or 3.60 points to 290.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which fell 2.33% or 0.90 points to trade at 39.00 in late trade. Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) declined 1.93% or 2.60 points to end at 132.50 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) down 1.74% or 1.60 points to 92.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 391 to 356 and 69 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.62% or 1.19 to $72.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 1.18 to hit $75.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 2.82 to trade at $3,409.72 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.98% to 11.06, while USD/SEK rose 0.56% to 9.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 98.09.