Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.29% or 1.97 points to trade at 33.31 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 4.92% or 4.65 points to end at 99.15 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.44% or 2.00 points to 140.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 8.09% or 45.00 points to trade at 511.00 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) declined 7.86% or 15.1 points to end at 176.9 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) shed 3.57% or 9.1 points to 245.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 354 to 205 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.04% or 0.88 to $44.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.11% or 0.94 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.10% or 13.70 to trade at $1236.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.62% to 9.1332, while USD/SEK fell 0.14% to 8.1300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.03.