Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 0.83% or 4.0 points to trade at 488.5 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.48% or 0.18 points to end at 37.38 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) was up 0.44% or 1.0 points to 230.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which lost 3.44% or 7.80 points to trade at 218.80 in late trade. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 1.92% or 3.3 points to end at 168.8 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 1.68% or 3.9 points to 227.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 332 to 279 and 60 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.17% or 0.63 to $53.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.83 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.05 to trade at $1230.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.4832, while USD/SEK rose 0.76% to 8.8340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.05.