Sweden Stock Market Overview

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.13%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): rose 1.73% or 0.11 points to trade at 6.46 at the close.
– Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb): added 0.44% or 1.40 points to end at 319.80.
– AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN): was up 0.38% or 6.50 points to 1,706.50 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE): fell 2.22% or 2.70 points to trade at 118.90.
– NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb): declined 2.17% or 1.00 points to end at 46.50.
– Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb): down 2.11% or 1.60 points to 74.30.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 484 to 273, and 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) rose to 3-year highs; up 0.44% or 1.40 to 319.80. Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.11% or 1.60 to 74.30.

Commodities Overview

• Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.18% or 1.51 to $67.64 a barrel.
• Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.17% or 1.58 to hit $71.11 a barrel.
• The December Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 14.35 to trade at $2,528.75 a troy ounce.

Currency Movement

• EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 11.40.
• USD/SEK rose 0.48% to 10.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.20.