Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which rose 6.30% or 1.81 points to trade at 30.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 4.85% or 3.60 points to end at 77.40 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was up 2.99% or 3.20 points to 108.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 2.35% or 3.50 points to trade at 145.70 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.36% or 2.40 points to end at 170.00 and Evolution AB (ST:EVOG) was down 0.29% or 3.00 points to 1,041.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 435 to 334 and 86 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 5.70% or 4.09 to $67.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 5.62% or 4.25 to hit $71.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.65 to trade at $2,753.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.58% to 11.51, while USD/SEK rose 0.25% to 10.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.14.