Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which rose 4.58% or 7.6 points to trade at 173.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 3.80% or 17.2 points to end at 470.0 and Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) was up 2.75% or 7.3 points to 272.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 6.98% or 2.20 points to trade at 29.31 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 4.24% or 5.80 points to end at 131.10 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 3.45% or 5.10 points to 142.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 342 to 217 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.62% or 1.17 to $43.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.46% or 1.57 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.24% or 29.00 to trade at $1265.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.14% to 9.2984, while USD/SEK rose 0.18% to 8.1553.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.05.