Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.38% or 0.49 points to trade at 35.96 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) fell 0.04% or 0.10 points to end at 266.90 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was down 0.10% or 0.10 points to 102.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which lost 2.83% or 3.74 points to trade at 128.56 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 2.40% or 5.5 points to end at 223.5 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) shed 2.32% or 0.84 points to 35.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 403 to 285 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.71% or 0.36 to $50.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.69% or 0.37 to hit $53.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.35 to trade at $1255.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.5529, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.9634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.46.