Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 3.43% or 48.50 points to trade at 1,462.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 2.67% or 5.40 points to end at 207.80 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) was up 1.87% or 0.80 points to 45.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which fell 1.41% or 3.50 points to trade at 244.50 at the close. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) declined 0.93% or 1.15 points to end at 122.30 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 0.88% or 1.90 points to 212.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 501 to 272 and 68 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.20% or 0.84 to $70.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.96% or 0.71 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.21% or 32.30 to trade at $2,707.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.62% to 11.51, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 11.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 107.61.