Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.92% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.50% or 1.21 points to trade at 35.80 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.79% or 1.1 points to end at 65.3 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.73% or 1.80 points to 249.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.56% or 5.6 points to trade at 213.3 in late trade. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 1.81% or 3.4 points to end at 184.1 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 1.73% or 3.4 points to 192.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 463 to 244 and 78 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.16% or 0.53 to $46.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.06% or 0.51 to hit $48.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.77 to trade at $1255.67 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.41% to 9.5743, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 8.2267.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.86.