Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.51% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 0.43% or 1.2 points to trade at 281.9 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 0.24% or 0.4 points to end at 170.0 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 0.21% or 0.3 points to 143.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.13% or 0.73 points to trade at 33.59 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.63% or 0.80 points to end at 48.30 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 1.40% or 2.50 points to 175.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 459 to 250 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.40% or 2.50 to 175.50.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.69% or 0.82 to $47.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.59 to trade at $1295.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.5348, while USD/SEK fell 0.56% to 8.0714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.03.