Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 3.25% or 10.2 points to trade at 323.9 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 2.92% or 10.3 points to end at 362.9 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.70% or 7.30 points to 277.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.47% or 4.3 points to trade at 170.0 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.46% or 0.25 points to end at 16.85 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 0.06% or 0.10 points to 171.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 346 to 300 and 42 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $57.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.30 to trade at $1265.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.54% to 9.9366, while USD/SEK fell 0.98% to 8.4199.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 93.11.