Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.28%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare , Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb ), which rose 2.03% or 0.90 points to trade at 43.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb ) added 1.15% or 0.05 points to end at 4.53 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb ) was up 0.78% or 1.40 points to 181.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB ), which fell 1.52% or 9.20 points to trade at 595.40 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb ) declined 0.98% or 0.70 points to end at 73.70 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN ) was down 0.86% or 12.50 points to 1,446.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 425 to 347 and 80 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.16% or 0.82 to $71.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.85% or 0.63 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 18.41 to trade at $2,613.49 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 11.46, while USD/SEK rose 0.48% to 11.03.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.04.

Source: Investing.com