Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which rose 0.76% or 1.4 points to trade at 186.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) added 0.66% or 1.5 points to end at 227.6 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.55% or 1.5 points to 276.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 5.02% or 7.00 points to trade at 132.50 at the close. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.26% or 3.3 points to end at 142.6 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was down 1.81% or 1.50 points to 81.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 304 to 237 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.18 to hit $41.38 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.74% or 9.30 to trade at $1245.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.20% to 9.2508, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 8.2284.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.35.