Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.17%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which rose 1.53% or 1.90 points to trade at 125.75 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.48% or 22.50 points to end at 1,546.00 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 1.45% or 2.35 points to 164.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which fell 1.81% or 2.80 points to trade at 149.50 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) declined 1.36% or 0.60 points to end at 44.90 and EQT AB (ST:EQTAB) was down 1.33% or 4.60 points to 340.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 424 to 331 and 64 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.45% or 2.35 to 164.20.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.86% or 1.15 to $62.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.78% or 1.17 to hit $66.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 28.47 to trade at $3,387.17 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was unchanged 0.04% to 11.18, while USD/SEK unchanged 0.01% to 9.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.08.