Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.70%

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.70%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb ), which rose 1.35% or 0.70 points to trade at 51.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL ) added 0.99% or 3.30 points to end at 335.30 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH ) was up 0.50% or 0.14 points to 28.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb ), which fell 2.71% or 2.80 points to trade at 99.70 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb ) declined 2.59% or 5.20 points to end at 194.00 and Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb ) was down 2.11% or 0.13 points to 6.08.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 512 to 256 and 75 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.86% or 1.28 to $69.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.52% or 1.11 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.50 to trade at $2,735.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 11.43, while USD/SEK rose 0.46% to 10.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 103.75.

Source: Investing.com