Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.28% 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 3.46% or 5.0 points to trade at 149.5 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.96% or 15.0 points to end at 521.5 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 2.92% or 5.9 points to 207.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which lost 0.89% or 2.00 points to trade at 223.00 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 0.67% or 1.20 points to end at 177.40 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 103.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 473 to 270 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.50% or 0.71 to $48.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $53.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 13.37 to trade at $1337.83 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.35% to 9.5807, while USD/SEK rose 1.00% to 8.0099.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 91.84.