Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 1.76% or 2.75 points to trade at 159.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 1.63% or 1.9 points to end at 115.5 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 1.37% or 2.00 points to 148.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 1.09% or 1.10 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.95% or 0.92 points to end at 95.44 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.77% or 1.25 points to 160.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 346 to 259 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) rose to all time highs; up 1.76% or 2.75 to 159.15.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.91% or 0.58 to $63.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.91% or 0.63 to hit $68.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.10 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.19% to 9.8327, while USD/SEK rose 0.22% to 8.0354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.