Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 4.44% or 2.65 points to trade at 62.40 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.93% or 4.9 points to end at 259.4 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 1.88% or 2.60 points to 140.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 3.88% or 1.47 points to trade at 36.43 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 3.46% or 8.70 points to end at 242.90 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 2.30% or 12.0 points to 510.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 238 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $53.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.00 to trade at $1142.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.7597, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 9.3445.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 102.73.