Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 4.33% or 0.99 points to trade at 23.88 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.20% or 11.5 points to end at 534.0 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.75% or 0.78 points to 45.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 1.25% or 3.40 points to trade at 269.60 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.03% or 0.40 points to end at 38.56 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.98% or 1.5 points to 152.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 387 to 329 and 92 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $50.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.90 to trade at $1299.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5223, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 7.9592.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.84.