Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.24% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 4.00% or 1.51 points to trade at 39.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 3.37% or 7.1 points to end at 217.8 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 2.48% or 4.60 points to 190.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 9.45% or 6.05 points to trade at 58.00 at the close. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 1.69% or 3.70 points to end at 215.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 1.10% or 5.5 points to 496.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 324 to 232 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.00% or 1.51 to 39.28. Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.45% or 6.05 to 58.00. Shares in Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.48% or 4.60 to 190.20.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.09% or 1.59 to $53.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.04% or 1.65 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.45 to trade at $1164.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.52% to 9.7474, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 9.1885.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 101.21.