Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 6.36% or 1.03 points to trade at 17.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 1.71% or 2.0 points to end at 119.0 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.62% or 4.2 points to 264.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 1.50% or 2.5 points to trade at 162.9 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.39% or 0.65 points to end at 46.19 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was down 0.74% or 0.75 points to 100.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 423 to 171 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.50% or 2.5 to 162.9.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.63 to $61.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.68% or 0.46 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1322.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.20% to 9.8013, while USD/SEK rose 0.05% to 8.1411.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 91.71.