Sweden Stock Market Review

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.57%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b): rose 1.60% or 1.80 points to trade at 113.95 at the close.
– ABB Ltd (ST:ABB): added 0.95% or 5.60 points to end at 597.60.
– Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): up 0.94% or 0.07 points to 7.50 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Boliden AB (ST:BOL): fell 3.74% or 13.00 points to trade at 334.60 at the close.
– AB SKF B (ST:SKFb): declined 2.49% or 5.00 points to end at 196.00.
– H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): down 2.16% or 3.80 points to 170.10.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 477 to 281; 70 ended unchanged.

Commodities

Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.43% or 3.42 to $73.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for December fell 4.41% or 3.57 to hit $77.36 a barrel.
– December Gold Futures contract fell 1.22% or 32.60 to trade at $2,633.40 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 11.36.
• USD/SEK rose 0.14% to 10.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures were unchanged at 0.00% at 102.30.