Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 0.97% or 2.3 points to trade at 239.8 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.44% or 0.16 points to end at 36.48 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.24% or 0.3 points to 126.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.54% or 1.64 points to trade at 44.75 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 2.55% or 7.20 points to end at 275.60 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) shed 1.97% or 1.18 points to 58.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 413 to 263 and 79 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1227.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5436, while USD/SEK rose 0.37% to 9.0144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.63.