Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 2.85% or 2.95 points to trade at 106.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 2.59% or 3.90 points to end at 154.20 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 2.37% or 5.20 points to 224.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.35% or 10.0 points to trade at 729.4 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.90% or 3.7 points to end at 406.3 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was down 0.89% or 1.2 points to 139.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 360 to 272 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.57% or 0.38 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.87% or 22.40 to trade at $1221.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.18% to 10.2864, while USD/SEK fell 0.51% to 9.0178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.35.