Sweden Stock Market Overview

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

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

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 0.84% or 0.95 points to trade at 113.40 at the close.
– Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 0.61% or 1.10 points to end at 173.40.
– Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was 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), which 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) was 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 unchanged.

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

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.60% or 1.12 to $71.14 a barrel.
• Brent oil for February delivery 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.