Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.96% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 0.92% or 2.00 points to trade at 219.50 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.33% or 1.4 points to end at 431.2 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.29% or 0.28 points to 97.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 4.95% or 2.20 points to trade at 42.26 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 4.41% or 0.32 points to end at 6.90 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 3.89% or 8.1 points to 199.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 417 to 207 and 60 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.10 to $68.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.35% or 1.02 to hit $74.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1268.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.56% to 10.3794, while USD/SEK rose 0.24% to 8.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.01.