Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.55% or 0.91 points to trade at 36.66 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.39% or 5.3 points to end at 227.0 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 2.08% or 1.80 points to 88.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which fell 1.41% or 1.90 points to trade at 133.10 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) declined 0.99% or 2.8 points to end at 279.0 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 0.79% or 0.25 points to 31.41.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 351 to 341 and 93 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.26 to $50.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.90 to trade at $1260.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.7751, while USD/SEK fell 0.33% to 8.7019.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.88.