Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.68% or 2.35 points to trade at 90.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.60% or 1.52 points to end at 96.42 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was up 1.15% or 0.50 points to 44.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which fell 5.62% or 2.21 points to trade at 37.14 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.83% or 10.0 points to end at 537.0 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was down 1.43% or 3.5 points to 241.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 357 to 254 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.46% or 0.74 to $50.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.31% or 0.68 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.95 to trade at $1262.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.04% to 9.6956, while USD/SEK fell 0.07% to 8.9066.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.72.