Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.43% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 6.57% or 3.01 points to trade at 48.83 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.97% or 1.04 points to end at 36.09 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.48% or 3.05 points to 125.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which lost 0.74% or 0.27 points to trade at 36.33 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 0.64% or 0.70 points to end at 108.60 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 0.56% or 1.20 points to 213.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 341 to 331 and 80 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $48.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.46 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.15 to trade at $1203.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.85% to 9.5413, while USD/SEK fell 0.69% to 8.9503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.19.