Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.38% or 1.38 points to trade at 23.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 4.74% or 4.45 points to end at 98.40 and SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) was up 3.53% or 4.7 points to 138.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which fell 1.07% or 1.8 points to trade at 166.8 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.48% or 2.5 points to end at 515.5 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.79% or 2.4 points to 304.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 437 to 151 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.08% or 0.49 to $44.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.11% or 0.52 to hit $46.24 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1360.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.4809, while USD/SEK fell 0.00% to 8.5819.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 96.64.