Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.25% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.49% or 0.65 points to trade at 26.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 2.33% or 2.18 points to end at 95.78 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 1.40% or 2.9 points to 209.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.05% or 6.0 points to trade at 567.5 at the close. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) declined 0.94% or 0.46 points to end at 48.69 and Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 0.69% or 0.42 points to 60.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 375 to 213 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.31% or 1.02 to $45.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.54% or 0.72 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.35 to trade at $1331.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.38% to 9.5483, while USD/SEK fell 0.02% to 8.5623.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.74.