Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.29% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 2.42% or 15.1 points to trade at 640.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 2.05% or 26.5 points to end at 1318.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.79% or 5.75 points to 327.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.57% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.15 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 1.01% or 2.40 points to end at 235.00 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 0.77% or 0.77 points to 98.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 335 to 243 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.42% or 15.1 to 640.0. Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.05% or 26.5 to 1318.0. Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.79% or 5.75 to 327.45.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.04% or 0.74 to $72.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.53% or 0.42 to hit $78.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1289.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.61% to 10.2411, while USD/SEK fell 0.64% to 8.6984.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.59.