Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 6.36% or 13.3 points to trade at 222.3 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 3.23% or 4.3 points to end at 136.7 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 3.12% or 1.29 points to 42.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which lost 1.04% or 1.45 points to trade at 138.45 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.85% or 0.56 points to end at 65.22 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) shed 0.75% or 0.06 points to 8.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 356 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.51% or 0.35 to $68.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 12.90 to trade at $1325.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 10.3875, while USD/SEK rose 0.65% to 8.5010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 90.60.