Sweden's equity market finished in negative territory after the close on Thursday, with the benchmark OMX Stockholm 30 index falling 1.52%.
Selling pressure was concentrated in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Telecoms sectors, driving the overall retreat in Stockholm listings.
Top performers - Within the OMX Stockholm 30, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) registered the strongest gain, rising 1.67% or 8.80 points to close at 534.20. Evolution AB (ST:EVOG) advanced 0.72% or 4.60 points to finish at 640.80. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) also ended higher, adding 0.20% or 0.50 points to reach 250.70.
Biggest losers - Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) led declines, slipping 4.90% or 19.80 points to a close of 384.30. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) fell 4.37% or 25.70 points to 562.50. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) dropped 3.18% or 1.40 points to trade at 43.80 at the close.
On the broader exchange, declining issues outnumbered advancers by 416 to 341, while 56 stocks finished unchanged.
Commodities and FX - In commodities trading, crude oil for June delivery eased 1.77% or 1.68 to $93.40 a barrel. Brent oil for July delivery fell 2.04% or 2.07 to $99.20 a barrel. Precious metals moved the other way as the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 42.41 to trade at $4,736.71 a troy ounce.
Currency moves were modest: EUR/SEK rose 0.08% to 10.85, while USD/SEK slipped 0.06% to 9.23. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.83.
The session showed a clear split between individual winners and losers inside the large-cap index, with commodity-related names and industrial exporters seeing notable downside while a handful of consumer and mining-linked stocks recorded modest gains. Market breadth favored decliners, and movements in oil and gold added further texture to trading flows.