Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.25% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.40% or 10.9 points to trade at 465.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 2.19% or 1.8 points to end at 84.1 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 1.82% or 4.9 points to 274.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 3.71% or 9.1 points to trade at 236.2 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 1.44% or 1.90 points to end at 129.90 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 0.81% or 1.4 points to 166.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 333 to 313 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.18 to $63.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.55 to trade at $1281.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.20% to 10.6321, while USD/SEK fell 0.09% to 9.5032.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.558.