Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 3.18% or 7.30 points to trade at 237.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 3.08% or 5.00 points to end at 167.10 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 3.07% or 1.18 points to 39.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.43% or 0.44 points to trade at 30.33 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 0.26% or 0.60 points to end at 229.90 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 0.07% or 0.10 points to 141.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 402 to 325 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) fell to all time lows; falling 0.26% or 0.60 to 229.90.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.61% or 0.74 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.39% or 0.68 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.50% or 18.69 to trade at $1223.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 9.6348, while USD/SEK rose 0.51% to 8.4756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 95.91.