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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST: AZN ), which rose 2.11% or 28.50 points to trade at 1,378.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST: SHBa ) added 0.88% or 1.10 points to end at 126.15 and Tele2 AB (ST: TEL2b ) was up 0.81% or 1.10 points to 137.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lifco publ AB (ST: LIFCOb ), which fell 9.29% or 37.20 points to trade at 363.40 at the close. Addtech (ST: ADDTb ) declined 3.82% or 12.60 points to end at 317.00 and Epiroc AB Class A (ST: EPIRa ) was down 1.48% or 3.20 points to 212.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 422 to 348 and 65 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.65% or 1.13 to $67.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.24% or 0.87 to hit $69.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 12.00 to trade at $3,352.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.65% to 11.23, while USD/SEK rose 0.89% to 9.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.79.