Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.99% or 0.67 points to trade at 17.46 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 3.88% or 5.7 points to end at 152.7 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 0.85% or 0.43 points to 50.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 2.37% or 0.97 points to trade at 39.90 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.61% or 3.3 points to end at 201.5 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) shed 1.10% or 3.6 points to 323.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 545 to 233 and 50 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.38 to trade at $1278.58 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.41% to 9.7845, while USD/SEK rose 0.45% to 8.3934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.47.