Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which rose 2.44% or 5.0 points to trade at 209.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 2.17% or 2.12 points to end at 99.67 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 2.11% or 1.90 points to 91.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.69% or 4.0 points to trade at 575.0 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 0.53% or 1.1 points to end at 205.5 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.21% or 0.15 points to 70.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 381 to 208 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.17% or 2.12 to 99.67.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.13% or 0.93 to $44.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.12% or 0.97 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.54% or 7.05 to trade at $1317.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5583, while USD/SEK fell 0.24% to 8.5502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 95.71.