Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.33% or 4.00 points to trade at 305.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.14% or 0.80 points to end at 71.08 and SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) was up 0.94% or 2.30 points to 242.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which fell 2.81% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.22 at the close. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) declined 2.15% or 0.57 points to end at 25.95 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 0.97% or 2.90 points to 297.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 409 to 342 and 77 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.45% or 1.88 to $78.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.00% or 1.59 to hit $81.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% or 29.30 to trade at $2,502.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 11.50, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 10.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.99.