Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 0.97% or 2.3 points to trade at 239.8 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.44% or 0.16 points to end at 36.48 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.24% or 0.3 points to 126.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.54% or 1.64 points to trade at 44.75 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 2.55% or 7.20 points to end at 275.60 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 1.97% or 1.18 points to 58.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 413 to 263 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.54% or 1.64 to 44.75.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1227.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5437, while USD/SEK rose 0.37% to 9.0148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 101.64.