Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 1.37% or 0.50 points to trade at 37.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.58% or 1.30 points to end at 226.30 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 0.50% or 0.7 points to 141.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 3.27% or 2.2 points to trade at 65.2 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) declined 1.51% or 4.3 points to end at 279.9 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 1.43% or 1.90 points to 130.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 444 to 288 and 70 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.28% or 1.57 to $46.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.29% or 0.67 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.28 to trade at $1311.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 9.5304, while USD/SEK fell 0.08% to 7.9599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.19.