Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 6.36% or 13.3 points to trade at 222.3 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 3.23% or 4.3 points to end at 136.7 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 3.12% or 1.29 points to 42.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which fell 1.04% or 1.45 points to trade at 138.45 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.85% or 0.56 points to end at 65.22 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 0.75% or 0.06 points to 8.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 356 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) rose to all time highs; rising 6.36% or 13.3 to 222.3. Shares in Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.12% or 1.29 to 42.59.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.54% or 0.37 to $68.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 12.90 to trade at $1325.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 10.3874, while USD/SEK rose 0.65% to 8.5010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 90.61.