Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.32% or 0.98 points to trade at 30.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 3.23% or 15.80 points to end at 505.00 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.74% or 2.20 points to 128.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which fell 1.83% or 0.90 points to trade at 48.33 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.91% or 4.4 points to end at 477.1 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 0.74% or 1.2 points to 160.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 283 to 254 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.61% or 0.64 to $40.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.96% or 0.82 to hit $42.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.25% or 15.50 to trade at $1259.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.40% to 9.2565, while USD/SEK fell 0.68% to 8.1141.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 93.99.