Sweden Stocks Close Lower

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials, and Financials sectors led shares down.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.01%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 included:
– AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN): rose 1.86% or 25.50 points to trade at 1,397.50.
– Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb): added 1.81% or 3.50 points to end at 194.30.
– Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b): up 0.91% or 1.00 point to 111.25 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers were:
– Boliden AB (ST:BOL): fell 3.87% or 13.40 points to trade at 332.80.
– Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb): declined 3.14% or 3.30 points to end at 101.70.
– Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): down 3.11% or 0.68 points to 21.18.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 423 to 335 with 88 ending unchanged.

Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) shares fell to 52-week lows, losing 3.11% or 0.68 to 21.18.

Commodities

• Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.89% or 2.09 to $70.27 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.51% or 1.90 to hit $73.73 a barrel.
• The December Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 12.00 to trade at $2,693.80 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK was up 0.77% to 11.62.
• USD/SEK rose 1.80% to 10.86.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 105.05.