Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 12.79% or 0.83 points to trade at 7.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 1.27% or 17.5 points to end at 1400.0 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 0.71% or 1.2 points to 171.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 1.79% or 1.5 points to trade at 83.4 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) declined 1.40% or 3.5 points to end at 247.3 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 1.39% or 3.1 points to 220.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 361 to 264 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) rose to all time highs; up 1.27% or 17.5 to 1400.0.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.28% or 0.18 to $65.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.36% or 1.00 to hit $74.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1280.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.49% to 10.2500, while USD/SEK rose 0.53% to 8.8323.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.