Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials , Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST: SINCH ), which rose 5.58% or 1.38 points to trade at 26.11 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) added 1.80% or 8.20 points to end at 462.20 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST: ERICb ) was up 1.25% or 1.06 points to 85.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ), which fell 2.80% or 1.20 points to trade at 41.00 at the close. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: SBBb ) declined 1.96% or 0.11 points to end at 5.29 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST: ELUXb ) was down 1.87% or 1.20 points to 64.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 437 to 322 and 77 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.40% or 0.25 to $61.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 28.70 to trade at $3,313.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.31% to 10.83, while USD/SEK fell 0.84% to 9.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 99.36.