Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.50% or 0.91 points to trade at 37.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) added 2.00% or 3.1 points to end at 157.9 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.18% or 3.4 points to 292.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.82% or 4.5 points to trade at 542.0 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) declined 0.71% or 1.5 points to end at 210.0 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) was down 0.58% or 1.4 points to 240.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 305 and 71 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.30% or 0.68 to $52.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.61 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1256.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.13% to 9.6154, while USD/SEK fell 0.06% to 9.0663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 100.89.