Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 2.26% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which rose 0.67% or 0.30 points to trade at 43.60 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) fell 0.37% or 0.90 points to end at 230.90 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was down 0.50% or 0.70 points to 138.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which lost 5.42% or 1.42 points to trade at 24.80 in late trade. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) declined 4.94% or 4.10 points to end at 79.70 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 4.38% or 4.90 points to 107.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 811 to 54 and 35 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.41% or 0.30 to $73.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.22 to hit $76.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.20% or 29.60 to trade at $2,440.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.49% to 11.57, while USD/SEK rose 0.09% to 10.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 102.57.