Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb), which fell 0.07% or 0.1 points to trade at 142.1 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) fell 0.32% or 1.0 points to end at 313.2 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 0.44% or 0.17 points to 38.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.83% or 2.90 points to trade at 99.60 in late trade. Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) declined 2.59% or 3.80 points to end at 143.10 and Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) shed 1.87% or 2.2 points to 115.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 445 to 146 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.04% or 1.35 to $45.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.71% or 1.26 to hit $47.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1343.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 9.6007, while USD/SEK fell 0.26% to 8.5213.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.10.