Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 2.81% or 7.6 points to trade at 278.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 2.79% or 0.46 points to end at 16.97 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 2.58% or 1.05 points to 41.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 0.96% or 3.2 points to trade at 330.5 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.60% or 0.32 points to end at 52.58 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.57% or 0.60 points to 105.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 321 to 298 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.81% or 7.6 to 278.2.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.01% or 0.58 to $57.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1248.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.86% to 10.0274, while USD/SEK rose 0.60% to 8.4992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.