Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.61% or 3.50 points to trade at 220.50 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 1.60% or 3.5 points to end at 222.5 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.40% or 7.5 points to 541.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.10% or 0.74 points to trade at 23.14 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.43% or 0.55 points to end at 38.01 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 1.37% or 2.50 points to 179.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 391 to 346 and 85 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.97% or 1.00 to $51.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.27% or 1.28 to hit $57.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.61 to trade at $1308.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 9.5384, while USD/SEK rose 0.87% to 8.0532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 92.45.