Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 1.89% or 2.90 points to trade at 156.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 1.75% or 4.0 points to end at 229.8 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.72% or 3.1 points to 182.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 0.93% or 0.37 points to trade at 39.47 at the close. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) declined 0.61% or 5.2 points to end at 843.0 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 0.07% or 0.03 points to 42.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 386 to 246 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.55% or 0.36 to $65.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.60 to trade at $1185.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.14% to 10.4706, while USD/SEK fell 0.20% to 9.1729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.