Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs), which rose 1.31% or 3.3 points to trade at 255.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.54% or 1.6 points to end at 298.6 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.46% or 1.4 points to 304.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which fell 1.74% or 2.40 points to trade at 135.90 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) declined 1.64% or 4.7 points to end at 282.1 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was down 1.50% or 4.8 points to 315.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 364 to 313 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.31% or 3.3 to 255.5.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.92% or 0.44 to $47.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.22% or 0.61 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.06 to trade at $1281.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.7464, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 8.6636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.80.