Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 4.56% or 1.52 points to trade at 34.83 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.36% or 3.7 points to end at 276.2 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.25% or 2.7 points to 218.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which lost 2.65% or 3.6 points to trade at 132.3 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) declined 2.36% or 1.16 points to end at 48.02 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 1.63% or 2.30 points to 138.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 308 to 251 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.53% or 0.67 to $43.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.84% or 0.38 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.96% or 11.85 to trade at $1241.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.25% to 9.1643, while USD/SEK fell 0.34% to 8.1280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.69.