Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.49% or 0.71 points to trade at 29.23 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) added 2.39% or 2.15 points to end at 92.00 and Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) was up 2.04% or 2.5 points to 125.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which lost 6.44% or 11.5 points to trade at 167.0 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 5.49% or 2.63 points to end at 45.27 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) shed 1.88% or 1.82 points to 94.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 278 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $50.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1264.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 9.7044, while USD/SEK rose 0.64% to 8.9305.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 98.75.