Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 2.71% or 16.6 points to trade at 629.2 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.76% or 0.54 points to end at 31.27 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 1.65% or 2.4 points to 150.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which fell 0.47% or 0.8 points to trade at 179.3 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 0.39% or 0.8 points to end at 203.9 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 0.28% or 0.6 points to 216.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 378 to 243 and 69 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.95% or 0.55 to $58.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 0.74 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1283.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.54% to 10.6913, while USD/SEK fell 0.78% to 9.5395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 97.458.