Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 0.80% or 2.5 points to trade at 313.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 0.64% or 2.2 points to end at 347.4 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 0.63% or 0.95 points to 152.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which fell 0.92% or 2.10 points to trade at 225.50 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 0.84% or 0.07 points to end at 7.93 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 0.71% or 1.00 points to 140.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 354 to 239 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.14% or 1.33 to $63.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.04% or 1.37 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1336.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.04% to 10.2968, while USD/SEK fell 0.34% to 8.3611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.60.