Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.69%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which rose 3.78% or 8.80 points to trade at 241.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 2.97% or 0.63 points to end at 21.81 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 2.05% or 6.80 points to 339.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which fell 2.76% or 2.80 points to trade at 98.80 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.67% or 3.30 points to end at 191.10 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 1.20% or 4.00 points to 328.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 419 to 384 and 61 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.03% or 2.13 to $68.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.68% or 1.98 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.74% or 73.85 to trade at $2,620.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.31% to 11.56, while USD/SEK rose 0.28% to 10.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 105.42.