Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which rose 3.13% or 1.60 points to trade at 52.10 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.32% or 4.10 points to end at 314.90 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.17% or 0.88 points to 76.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which lost 0.76% or 1.10 points to trade at 137.10 in late trade. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) declined 0.55% or 1.30 points to end at 235.10 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) shed 0.43% or 0.80 points to 184.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 393 to 368 and 92 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.86% or 2.14 to $76.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.30% or 1.80 to hit $79.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.85 to trade at $2,550.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.28% to 11.40, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 10.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.76.