Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.61% or 3.50 points to trade at 220.50 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 1.60% or 3.5 points to end at 222.5 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.40% or 7.5 points to 541.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.10% or 0.74 points to trade at 23.14 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.43% or 0.55 points to end at 38.01 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 1.37% or 2.50 points to 179.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 391 to 346 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.97% or 1.00 to $51.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.30% or 1.30 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.71 to trade at $1308.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.5385, while USD/SEK rose 0.87% to 8.0526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 92.44.