The real estate sector is posting significant losses on the Stockholm Stock Exchange following a rise in interest rates, EFN reports.

The real estate index is down approximately 4.5 percent, with heavy declines among more highly leveraged companies. Corem and SBB are falling nearly 7 percent, as is Fastator.

"This is how volatile it can be. Markets overreact in every direction as soon as something happens. Now rates are up and things are messy. 4 percent is a lot, but we have become somewhat hardened over the last few years by poor sentiment and geopolitics that can have a major impact," Johan Edberg, real estate analyst at Handelsbanken, told EFN.

Industry giants such as Catena, Balder, and Castellum are also trading lower, down between 3.2 and 4.6 percent.

Long-term interest rates have increased sharply following higher oil prices driven by the conflict involving Iran.

"The Swedish 5-year yield is up around 15 basis points today and, all else being equal, this naturally has a negative impact on net asset values," says Albin Sandberg, real estate analyst at SB1 Markets.