Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 2.40% or 3.5 points to trade at 148.5 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.43% or 1.11 points to end at 78.73 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.89% or 0.9 points to 101.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which lost 2.38% or 5.60 points to trade at 230.10 in late trade. Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) declined 2.19% or 9.2 points to end at 410.7 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) shed 2.19% or 18.0 points to 804.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 371 to 261 and 48 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.39% or 1.69 to $72.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.97% or 2.32 to hit $80.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.80 to trade at $1206.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 10.3529, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 8.7933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.66.