Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.79% or 8.10 points to trade at 298.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 1.72% or 3.90 points to end at 230.20 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 1.65% or 0.64 points to 39.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 1.02% or 2.8 points to trade at 272.2 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.81% or 1.28 points to end at 156.47 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.54% or 0.90 points to 165.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 319 to 289 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.88% or 0.56 to $64.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.75% or 0.50 to hit $67.54 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1332.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.13% to 10.0324, while USD/SEK fell 0.06% to 8.1598.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 89.89.