Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.74% or 0.71 points to trade at 41.49 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.68% or 3.00 points to end at 181.80 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.39% or 4.10 points to 298.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 1.38% or 3.9 points to trade at 279.5 in late trade. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 1.01% or 1.8 points to end at 177.3 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) shed 0.99% or 2.2 points to 219.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 446 to 289 and 81 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.56% or 0.29 to $51.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $57.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.94 to trade at $1305.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.14% to 9.5670, while USD/SEK fell 0.06% to 8.1027.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.00.