Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 1.83% or 2.8 points to trade at 155.5 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.46% or 8.0 points to end at 555.5 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 1.39% or 1.30 points to 94.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which lost 1.01% or 1.8 points to trade at 175.7 in late trade. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 0.84% or 1.9 points to end at 223.3 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) shed 0.84% or 0.90 points to 106.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 395 to 341 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.84% or 1.47 to $50.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.88% or 1.07 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 6.92 to trade at $1277.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.42% to 9.5841, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 8.1601.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 93.41.