Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 2.11% or 1.22 points to trade at 59.17 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.39% or 2.40 points to end at 174.80 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.13% or 0.41 points to 36.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 1.41% or 0.44 points to trade at 30.86 in late trade. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 1.03% or 2.0 points to end at 192.9 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) shed 0.68% or 2.0 points to 293.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 373 to 334 and 75 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.82% or 1.35 to $49.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.54% or 1.29 to hit $52.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.03 to trade at $1232.73 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.30% to 9.6849, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.8201.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 98.75.