Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 3.55% or 2.9 points to trade at 83.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.67% or 1.46 points to end at 56.06 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.77% or 2.90 points to 166.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.95% or 0.31 points to trade at 10.06 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 1.33% or 2.13 points to end at 157.72 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 0.66% or 1.00 points to 151.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 324 to 281 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.29% or 0.81 to $63.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.13% or 0.75 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 10.0388, while USD/SEK rose 0.54% to 8.1588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.75.