Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 1.31% or 6.8 points to trade at 527.8 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.13% or 7.9 points to end at 710.0 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 0.93% or 0.73 points to 79.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which lost 1.34% or 2.4 points to trade at 173.0 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.32% or 1.4 points to end at 101.0 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) shed 1.00% or 0.41 points to 40.41.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 362 to 270 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.82% or 1.33 to $74.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.91% or 1.58 to hit $84.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.30 to trade at $1192.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 10.3508, while USD/SEK rose 0.63% to 8.9470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.97.