Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.90% or 16.0 points to trade at 859.0 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.39% or 1.4 points to end at 98.9 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.12% or 7.9 points to 710.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 1.19% or 1.5 points to trade at 127.6 in late trade. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 0.33% or 0.14 points to end at 42.12 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 0.28% or 0.3 points to 98.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 367 to 265 and 47 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $65.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 9.60 to trade at $1193.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 10.4986, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 9.1706.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.94.