Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 4.34% or 0.27 points to trade at 6.47 at the close. Meanwhile, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 3.57% or 1.60 points to end at 47.20 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) was up 3.44% or 3.20 points to 95.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Evolution Gaming Group AB (ST:EVOG), which fell 5.16% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,011.50 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) declined 3.67% or 9.20 points to end at 241.40 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.07% or 1.80 points to 167.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 430 to 329 and 91 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.55% or 0.43 to $78.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.44 to hit $82.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 8.85 to trade at $2,390.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.52% to 11.68, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 10.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.10.