Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.98% or 4.20 points to trade at 216.80 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.94% or 6.9 points to end at 744.7 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 0.50% or 1.2 points to 241.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 4.48% or 3.7 points to trade at 78.8 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 4.06% or 6.5 points to end at 152.6 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 3.08% or 2.7 points to 83.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 462 to 169 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) rose to all time highs; up 0.94% or 6.9 to 744.7.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.06% or 0.64 to $60.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.15% or 0.81 to hit $70.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1203.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 10.2647, while USD/SEK rose 0.46% to 9.1206.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 97.27.