Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.32% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 3.64% or 3.1 points to trade at 87.6 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 3.50% or 13.5 points to end at 398.7 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.44% or 0.15 points to 6.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 0.30% or 0.7 points to trade at 232.8 in late trade. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 0.20% or 0.2 points to end at 98.6 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) gained 0.04% or 0.05 points to 113.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 390 to 230 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.35% or 0.94 to $70.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.79% or 1.34 to hit $76.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1314.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 10.5191, while USD/SEK rose 0.21% to 8.8190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.56.