Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.98% or 4.20 points to trade at 216.80 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.94% or 6.9 points to end at 744.7 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 0.50% or 1.2 points to 241.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which lost 4.48% or 3.7 points to trade at 78.8 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 4.06% or 6.5 points to end at 152.6 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 3.08% or 2.7 points to 83.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 462 to 169 and 46 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.03% or 0.62 to $60.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.15% or 0.81 to hit $70.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1203.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 10.2647, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 9.1210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 97.28.