Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which rose 1.54% or 2.7 points to trade at 178.3 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 1.51% or 0.75 points to end at 50.40 and Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) was up 0.77% or 1.2 points to 156.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which lost 0.88% or 0.90 points to trade at 101.30 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.82% or 1.9 points to end at 228.5 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 0.66% or 1.6 points to 242.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 365 to 302 and 89 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1232.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 9.4790, while USD/SEK fell 0.09% to 8.8254.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.18.