Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 1.22% or 2.00 points to trade at 165.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 1.03% or 2.50 points to end at 244.10 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.52% or 1.6 points to 308.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 1.94% or 4.50 points to trade at 227.10 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 1.37% or 2.5 points to end at 180.4 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 1.13% or 7.0 points to 612.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 378 to 337 and 71 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.86% or 0.37 to $43.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.27 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.86 to trade at $1244.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 9.7559, while USD/SEK fell 0.08% to 8.7133.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.96.