Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.84% or 1.34 points to trade at 48.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.60% or 0.7 points to end at 116.9 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 0.58% or 0.56 points to 96.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.31% or 0.23 points to trade at 9.77 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.90% or 5.1 points to end at 263.2 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.70% or 1.8 points to 101.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 341 to 269 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.32% or 0.81 to $62.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.68 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.30 to trade at $1349.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.9096, while USD/SEK rose 0.28% to 7.9891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.14.