Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 1.62% or 1.0 points to trade at 62.6 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.24% or 0.47 points to end at 38.36 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 1.09% or 1.80 points to 167.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 5.29% or 1.90 points to trade at 34.00 in late trade. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) declined 3.23% or 4.60 points to end at 138.00 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) shed 2.77% or 5.1 points to 179.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 471 to 237 and 80 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.20% or 0.55 to $46.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.47 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.06 to trade at $1268.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.36% to 9.7963, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.7439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.22.