Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 7.92% or 0.43 points to trade at 5.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 3.66% or 0.94 points to end at 26.64 and Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) was up 3.21% or 4.05 points to 130.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 0.39% or 0.30 points to trade at 87.50 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 0.32% or 0.50 points to end at 156.10 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was down 0.20% or 0.40 points to 198.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 420 to 358 and 87 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.77% or 1.44 to $82.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 1.39 to hit $86.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.35 to trade at $2,338.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.58% to 11.40, while USD/SEK rose 0.37% to 10.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 105.59.