Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 0.60% or 0.17 points to trade at 28.51 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 0.23% or 0.60 points to end at 264.20 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was up 0.10% or 0.20 points to 201.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which fell 5.01% or 1.23 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) declined 3.30% or 1.60 points to end at 45.40 and Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) was down 3.25% or 4.10 points to 122.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 468 to 315 and 75 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $84.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 18.55 to trade at $2,439.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.58% to 11.54, while USD/SEK rose 0.89% to 10.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.86.