Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 2.33% or 3.53 points to trade at 154.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.07% or 4.1 points to end at 202.1 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.97% or 6.2 points to 320.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which fell 1.97% or 4.40 points to trade at 219.40 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.08% or 0.58 points to end at 52.98 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 0.89% or 3.3 points to 367.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 353 to 245 and 68 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.49 to $67.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.01% or 0.73 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1348.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.44% to 10.4084, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 8.4474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.54.