Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 4.16% or 1.50 points to trade at 37.55 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 2.54% or 7.2 points to end at 291.0 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 2.10% or 2.00 points to 97.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which lost 1.31% or 0.9 points to trade at 67.8 in late trade. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) added 0.27% or 0.5 points to end at 186.3 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) gained 0.32% or 0.40 points to 126.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 244 and 75 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.07% or 0.52 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.27% or 0.66 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.14 to trade at $1289.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 9.5615, while USD/SEK fell 0.06% to 8.1165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.29.