Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.16% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.90% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.38 at the close. Meanwhile, ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) added 1.48% or 3.1 points to end at 213.2 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.40% or 2.25 points to 162.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 2.21% or 14.1 points to trade at 624.9 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.63% or 0.84 points to end at 50.54 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.35% or 2.0 points to 144.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 359 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.40% or 2.25 to 162.90.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.29% or 0.21 to $71.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1291.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.00% to 10.3020, while USD/SEK rose 0.14% to 8.7468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.53.