Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs), which rose 1.01% or 2.4 points to trade at 241.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 0.78% or 1.90 points to end at 245.80 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 0.68% or 1.40 points to 206.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.04% or 0.63 points to trade at 30.31 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.26% or 0.77 points to end at 60.48 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 1.08% or 1.54 points to 140.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 436 to 274 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.04% or 0.63 to 30.31.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.82% or 0.41 to $50.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.70% or 0.37 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.01 to trade at $1267.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.7201, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 8.6949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.29.