Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 0.82% or 4.5 points to trade at 542.0 in late trade. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) declined 0.71% or 1.5 points to end at 210.0 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) shed 0.58% or 1.4 points to 240.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 388 to 305 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.30% or 0.68 to $52.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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 9.0661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 100.89.