Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.90% or 16.0 points to trade at 859.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.39% or 1.4 points to end at 98.9 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.12% or 7.9 points to 710.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 1.19% or 1.5 points to trade at 127.6 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 0.33% or 0.14 points to end at 42.12 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.28% or 0.3 points to 98.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 367 to 265 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $65.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.56% or 0.40 to hit $72.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 9.60 to trade at $1193.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.23% to 10.4993, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 9.1717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.95.