Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.42% or 1.25 points to trade at 37.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) added 1.91% or 2.00 points to end at 106.60 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 1.85% or 6.1 points to 335.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 2.99% or 5.3 points to trade at 171.9 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.21% or 0.41 points to end at 33.59 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 0.03% or 0.1 points to 306.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 363 to 345 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.85% or 6.1 to 335.0.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.44% or 0.20 to $44.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.05 to trade at $1249.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.04% to 9.7499, while USD/SEK rose 0.24% to 8.7362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.13.