Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.45%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 6.98% or 2.20 points to trade at 29.31 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 4.24% or 5.80 points to end at 131.10 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) shed 3.45% or 5.10 points to 142.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 217 and 51 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.55% or 1.14 to $43.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.46% or 1.57 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.19% or 28.35 to trade at $1265.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.14% to 9.2984, while USD/SEK rose 0.18% to 8.1547.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.04.