Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 4.90% or 13.3 points to trade at 284.5 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 3.85% or 1.39 points to end at 37.45 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 2.87% or 32.0 points to 1147.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.44% or 0.36 points to trade at 10.05 in late trade. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) added 0.45% or 0.42 points to end at 94.38 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) gained 0.52% or 0.48 points to 93.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 461 to 163 and 28 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.01% or 0.60 to $59.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.70 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.9246, while USD/SEK rose 0.15% to 8.0929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.19.