Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 2.28% or 5.5 points to trade at 249.2 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 1.99% or 3.2 points to end at 166.8 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.92% or 4.2 points to 225.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which fell 2.30% or 2.40 points to trade at 102.15 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.93% or 1.3 points to end at 138.7 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 0.54% or 1.20 points to 219.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 358 to 252 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.40 to $70.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.95% or 0.71 to hit $75.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1242.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.32% to 10.3906, while USD/SEK rose 0.35% to 8.9050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.