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 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 2.22% or 5.1 points to trade at 234.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.16% or 4.5 points to end at 215.1 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 1.71% or 12.4 points to 736.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 2.54% or 2.06 points to trade at 79.02 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.48% or 0.83 points to end at 32.67 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was down 2.34% or 10.5 points to 438.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 382 to 250 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.69% or 1.98 to $51.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.12% or 1.92 to hit $59.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.65 to trade at $1302.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.43% to 10.3609, while USD/SEK rose 0.12% to 9.0577.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.352.