Sweden shares higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.18%

Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 3.08% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.13 at the close. H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.37% or 4.30 points to end at 184.00 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.85% or 1.80 points to 97.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 1.53% or 24.50 points to trade at 1,576.50 in late trade. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) declined 1.39% or 1.70 points to end at 120.40 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) shed 1.18% or 1.20 points to 100.80.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 428 to 353 and 70 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.58% or 1.12 to $69.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.30% or 0.96 to hit $72.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 8.80 to trade at $2,655.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.11% to 11.35, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 10.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.