Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.58%

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which rose 6.73% or 3.50 points to trade at 55.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 2.11% or 7.00 points to end at 339.40 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 2.10% or 4.60 points to 223.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which fell 22.82% or 1.31 points to trade at 4.41 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) declined 1.35% or 3.00 points to end at 219.10 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was down 0.89% or 0.90 points to 100.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 444 to 322 and 74 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.58% or 1.79 to $71.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.39% or 1.75 to hit $74.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 6.20 to trade at $2,743.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.19% to 11.66, while USD/SEK fell 0.25% to 10.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.79.