Sweden shares lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.19%

Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.19% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 5.61% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.33 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 3.89% or 8.80 points to end at 235.20 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 2.53% or 4.40 points to 178.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which lost 10.14% or 92.80 points to trade at 822.40 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.26% or 1.90 points to end at 149.00 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) shed 0.82% or 1.40 points to 168.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

 

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 11.54, while USD/SEK rose 0.10% to 11.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.