Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 2.16% or 2.9 points to trade at 136.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.41% or 0.90 points to end at 222.10 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was up 0.30% or 1.5 points to 501.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which fell 2.86% or 4.65 points to trade at 158.15 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.74% or 3.92 points to end at 139.28 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was down 2.56% or 6.0 points to 228.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 417 to 209 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.50% or 0.37 to $73.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.77% or 1.40 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.30 to trade at $1245.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 10.4481, while USD/SEK rose 0.66% to 9.0020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.