Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.43% or 11.50 points to trade at 485.50 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 2.41% or 6.6 points to end at 280.8 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.75% or 0.52 points to 30.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 1.81% or 2.40 points to trade at 130.30 in late trade. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 1.66% or 3.10 points to end at 184.20 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 1.51% or 1.10 points to 71.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 275 to 269 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.54% or 0.20 to $36.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.93% or 0.36 to hit $38.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1220.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.25% to 9.2534, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 8.1270.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.55.