Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 3.04% or 7.00 points to trade at 237.00 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.93% or 5.1 points to end at 178.9 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.86% or 3.2 points to 175.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.07% or 4.4 points to trade at 208.5 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.87% or 0.57 points to end at 29.85 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 0.53% or 1.5 points to 282.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 377 to 328 and 80 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.81% or 0.36 to $44.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.58 to trade at $1212.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.07% to 9.6151, while USD/SEK rose 0.10% to 8.4362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.82.