Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 9.90% or 0.65 points to trade at 7.19 at the close. Meanwhile, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 1.59% or 0.70 points to end at 46.70 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.21% or 20.50 points to 1,718.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which fell 1.26% or 13.00 points to trade at 1,020.00 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) declined 1.09% or 6.40 points to end at 583.40 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was down 0.88% or 0.25 points to 28.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 395 to 370 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.90% or 0.65 to 7.19. Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) rose to all time highs; up 1.21% or 20.50 to 1,718.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.68% or 1.30 to $75.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.53% or 1.23 to hit $79.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 6.30 to trade at $2,421.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.16% to 11.72, while USD/SEK rose 0.22% to 10.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 104.38.