Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.51% or 1.71 points to trade at 50.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 2.36% or 0.91 points to end at 39.44 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.09% or 0.27 points to 13.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 10.46% or 12.1 points to trade at 104.0 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 2.57% or 5.3 points to end at 200.8 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was down 1.89% or 3.8 points to 194.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 349 to 278 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.51% or 1.71 to 50.42. Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 10.46% or 12.1 to 104.0.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.13% or 0.75 to $65.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.70 to trade at $1338.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.13% to 9.7715, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 7.9115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.37.