Sweden Stock Market Report

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%.

Best Performers

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

Worst Performers

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

Market Overview

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 444 to 322, with 74 ending unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.58% or 1.79 to $71.28 a barrel. In commodities trading, Brent oil for January rose 2.39% or 1.75 to $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.

The exchange rates moved as follows:
– EUR/SEK was up 0.19% to 11.66.
– USD/SEK fell 0.25% to 10.71.

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