Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 2.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 6.05% or 5.05 points to trade at 88.50 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 4.76% or 6.30 points to end at 138.60 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 3.36% or 4.35 points to 133.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 0.19% or 0.07 points to trade at 35.88 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.28% or 1.5 points to end at 536.5 and Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) gained 0.51% or 0.8 points to 156.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 416 to 292 and 74 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.65% or 0.34 to hit $52.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.05% or 13.53 to trade at $1275.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.29% to 9.6282, while USD/SEK fell 1.37% to 8.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 99.06.