The Stockholm Stock Exchange fell on Thursday, marking the third consecutive day of declines. The performance was worse than on the leading European stock exchanges, which recorded slight gains. The focus was on the ECB's interest rate announcement, Sectra's report, restructuring at Dometic and Lindab and Intea's IPO.

The ECB cut its main policy rate, the deposit rate, by 25 basis points to 3.00%. The cut was in line with analysts' expectations and had a minor impact on the market.

At the close, the OMXS30 index was down 0.56% to 2,573.98. Shares worth around SEK 19.4 billion were traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

The best performance among the exchange's major industrial sectors was in consumer staples with a gain of 0.27 percent. At the other end of the scale, consumer durables were at the bottom with minus 1.64 percent.

Among the leading stocks, which are included in the OMXS30 index, SBB B rose 11.8 percent while Nordea was up 0.9 percent. Evolution was the worst performer, down 3.4 percent, while Nibe was down 3.2 percent.

The price increase for the real estate company SBB is explained by the fact that, according to EFN, the hedge fund Fir Tree has offered SBB a settlement in the controversial bond dispute where a trial is now pending.

Medical technology company Sectra's interim report for the second quarter gave a mixed picture. Sales declined slightly, operating profit fell sharply while order intake was extremely high. In the current quarter, the company has reached a settlement in a patent dispute in the US. The share rose 0.5 percent.

Leisure products company Dometic launched a global restructuring program, which will result in restructuring costs of SEK 1.2 billion in the fourth quarter. The structural cost reductions combined with discontinued operations will improve ebita annually by SEK 750 million once implemented, a process expected to take 24 months. The share fell 4.8 percent.

Ventilation company Lindab's Profile Systems business area is leaving Eastern Europe, which will result in one-off costs of SEK 400 million in the fourth quarter. Lindab will focus on the ventilation business in the region in the future. The share rose 1.9 percent.

The real estate company Intea began trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. The company lists B and D shares. Interest in subscribing for shares was very high and the offer was oversubscribed several times. The subscription price was set at SEK 40 per B share, which was at the upper end of the announced range of SEK 38-40 per share. The subscription price per D share was previously set at SEK 27.50 per share. The B share rose 15 percent and the D share rose 16.6 percent.

Polymer company Hexpol is making changes to its production capacity and product portfolio in the Americas to improve efficiency. The company closes and divests
production facilities in Kennedale, Texas and Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The stock fell 2.3%.

The medical technology company Arjo takes costs affecting comparability of SEK 55 million in the fourth quarter. The background is that the company has terminated the distribution agreement with Bruin Biometrics. The share fell 2.4 percent.

Fuel cell company Powercell carried out a directed share issue of SEK 190 million. The subscription price of SEK 33 per share corresponds to a discount of 10.8 percent to the closing price the previous day. The share fell by 9.7 percent.