Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 6.31% or 6.70 points to trade at 112.95 at the close. Meanwhile, ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) added 3.39% or 5.6 points to end at 170.7 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 3.12% or 2.35 points to 77.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE), which rose 0.20% or 0.15 points to trade at 74.58 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 0.42% or 0.8 points to end at 189.7 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.80% or 1.0 points to 126.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 517 to 127 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.32% or 0.59 to $45.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $52.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1281.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.39% to 10.2606, while USD/SEK fell 0.53% to 8.9628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.903.