Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.11% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 2.05% or 1.94 points to end at 96.36 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.89% or 3.3 points to 177.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 0.10% or 0.30 points to trade at 288.50 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 0.11% or 0.3 points to end at 268.3 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 0.24% or 0.40 points to 164.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 420 to 214 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.85% or 0.52 to $61.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.29% or 0.83 to hit $65.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1355.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.29% to 9.8873, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 7.9500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 88.87.