Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.92% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.50% or 1.21 points to trade at 35.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.79% or 1.1 points to end at 65.3 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.73% or 1.80 points to 249.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.56% or 5.6 points to trade at 213.3 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 1.81% or 3.4 points to end at 184.1 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 1.73% or 3.4 points to 192.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 463 to 244 and 78 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.16% or 0.53 to $46.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.50 to hit $48.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.76 to trade at $1255.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.40% to 9.5744, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 8.2270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.86.