Sweden stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 down 0.15%

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Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 1.56% or 1.38 points to trade at 89.88 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.07% or 6.0 points to end at 566.0 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.05% or 1.9 points to 183.5 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which fell 3.84% or 6.7 points to trade at 167.6 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 1.89% or 2.90 points to end at 150.60 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was down 1.35% or 0.64 points to 46.91.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 313 to 265 and 74 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.05% or 1.50 to $47.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.09% or 1.57 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.05 to trade at $1343.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 9.4855, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.3843.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.55.

Source by Investing.com