Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.84% or 1.34 points to trade at 48.48 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.60% or 0.7 points to end at 116.9 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 0.58% or 0.56 points to 96.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.31% or 0.23 points to trade at 9.77 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.90% or 5.1 points to end at 263.2 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 1.70% or 1.8 points to 101.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 269 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.32% or 0.81 to $62.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.68 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.30 to trade at $1349.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.9096, while USD/SEK rose 0.28% to 7.9890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.14.