Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 2.33% or 15.6 points to trade at 684.8 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 0.43% or 0.9 points to end at 210.3 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.32% or 0.65 points to 204.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 3.39% or 22.6 points to trade at 644.5 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 2.06% or 2.8 points to end at 132.1 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) shed 1.87% or 3.7 points to 194.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 401 to 204 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.60% or 0.31 to $51.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.91% or 0.55 to hit $59.93 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1290.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 10.2665, while USD/SEK rose 0.21% to 8.9468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.178.