Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 2.50% or 6.6 points to trade at 270.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.39% or 5.8 points to end at 248.5 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.27% or 3.25 points to 146.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which fell 1.77% or 4.70 points to trade at 261.00 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.15% or 1.19 points to end at 102.31 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 1.00% or 7.4 points to 730.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 362 to 262 and 70 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.72% or 0.45 to $62.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1296.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 10.4215, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 9.2901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.032.