Sweden Stock Market Overview

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.69%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b): rose 0.84% or 0.95 points to trade at 113.40.
– Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb): added 0.61% or 1.10 points to end at 173.40.
– Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA): up 0.20% or 0.06 points to 30.61 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): fell 8.10% or 0.32 points to trade at 3.63.
– Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb): declined 2.15% or 2.40 points to end at 106.90.
– Evolution AB (ST:EVOG): down 1.80% or 16.80 points to 916.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 455 to 280, with 96 ending unchanged.

Shares in Evolution AB (ST:EVOG) fell to 52-week lows, down 1.80% or 16.80 to 916.80.

Commodities Update

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.60% or 1.12 to $71.14 a barrel.
Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for February rose 1.29% or 0.95 to hit $74.36 a barrel.
– February Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 29.44 to trade at $2,679.96 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 11.53.
• USD/SEK fell 0.35% to 10.98.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.69.