Sweden Stock Market Update

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.23%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): rose 6.30% or 1.81 points to trade at 30.54 at the close.
– Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb): added 4.85% or 3.60 points to end at 77.40.
– Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb): was up 2.99% or 3.20 points to 108.50 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb): fell 2.35% or 3.50 points to trade at 145.70.
– H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): declined 1.36% or 2.40 points to end at 170.00.
– Evolution AB (ST:EVOG): was down 0.29% or 3.00 points to 1,041.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 435 to 334, with 86 ending unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for December delivery was down 5.70% or 4.09 to $67.69 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in January fell 5.62% or 4.25 to hit $71.38 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.65 to trade at $2,753.95 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK was up 0.58% to 11.51.
• USD/SEK rose 0.25% to 10.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged at 0.00% at 104.14.