Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 1.22% or 2.00 points to trade at 165.90 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 1.03% or 2.50 points to end at 244.10 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.52% or 1.6 points to 308.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 1.94% or 4.50 points to trade at 227.10 in late trade. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 1.37% or 2.5 points to end at 180.4 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 1.13% or 7.0 points to 612.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 378 to 337 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.86% or 0.37 to $43.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.27 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.86 to trade at $1244.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 9.7559, while USD/SEK fell 0.08% to 8.7134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.96.