Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 2.38% or 8.4 points to trade at 362.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.35% or 7.5 points to end at 326.9 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 2.30% or 3.1 points to 137.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 0.47% or 0.30 points to trade at 63.12 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 0.46% or 1.0 points to end at 214.8 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 0.43% or 1.35 points to 312.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 327 to 281 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.46% or 1.0 to 214.8.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.65% or 0.43 to $66.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $76.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1304.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.35% to 10.2131, while USD/SEK fell 0.58% to 8.6593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.52.