Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Stockholm Basic Materials, Stockholm Industrials and Stockholm Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which rose 3.61% or 8.80 points to trade at 251.20 at the close. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 2.17% or 0.60 points to end at 28.25 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.21% or 2.60 points to 217.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 3.74% or 10.50 points to trade at 270.60 in late trade. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 3.23% or 6.50 points to end at 194.70 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) down 2.55% or 2.30 points to 87.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 455 to 307 and 88 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.99% or 0.76 to $77.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.98% or 0.79 to hit $81.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 15.50 to trade at $2,422.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 11.68, while USD/SEK rose 0.06% to 10.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.95.