Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.11% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 2.85% or 4.45 points to trade at 160.75 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.33% or 5.3 points to end at 234.8 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 2.26% or 2.2 points to 102.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which lost 1.72% or 0.73 points to trade at 41.67 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.04% or 0.05 points to end at 114.30 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) gained 0.06% or 0.3 points to 491.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 353 to 285 and 48 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $76.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1215.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.14% to 10.6232, while USD/SEK fell 0.30% to 9.1001.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 94.72.