Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 4.64% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 1.66% or 0.42 points to end at 25.70 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was up 1.57% or 1.90 points to 119.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which fell 1.25% or 0.60 points to trade at 44.90 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) declined 1.25% or 1.10 points to end at 87.00 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.03% or 1.80 points to 167.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 402 to 368 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.25% or 0.60 to 44.90. Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.25% or 1.10 to 87.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.16% or 0.13 to $81.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.16% or 0.14 to hit $85.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.20 to trade at $2,340.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.09% to 11.36, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 10.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.54.