Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.38% or 1.38 points to trade at 23.01 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 4.74% or 4.45 points to end at 98.40 and SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) was up 3.53% or 4.7 points to 138.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which lost 1.07% or 1.8 points to trade at 166.8 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.48% or 2.5 points to end at 515.5 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) gained 0.79% or 2.4 points to 304.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 437 to 151 and 50 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.08% or 0.49 to $44.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.07% or 0.50 to hit $46.26 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1360.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.4809, while USD/SEK fell 0.00% to 8.5818.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 96.64.