Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.52% or 7.8 points to trade at 520.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.49% or 1.70 points to end at 116.00 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.97% or 0.9 points to 93.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 1.55% or 2.0 points to trade at 128.4 at the close. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) declined 0.94% or 8.2 points to end at 860.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 0.91% or 6.6 points to 715.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 397 to 226 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.52% or 7.8 to 520.6.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.45% or 1.66 to $65.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.91% or 1.39 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.34% or 16.30 to trade at $1202.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 10.4094, while USD/SEK rose 0.13% to 9.1365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.25.