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 2.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 12.99% or 2.74 points to trade at 23.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 5.02% or 23.40 points to end at 489.90 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 4.72% or 7.8 points to 173.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 0.77% or 2.1 points to trade at 271.7 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 0.10% or 0.2 points to end at 194.0 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.59% or 1.5 points to 256.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 158 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 6.02% or 1.91 to $33.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 5.48% or 1.81 to hit $34.82 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.74% or 21.40 to trade at $1209.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.40% to 9.3652, while USD/SEK rose 0.66% to 8.5029.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 97.47.