Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 3.71% or 16.0 points to trade at 447.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.95% or 6.1 points to end at 213.1 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.69% or 5.70 points to 217.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which fell 1.18% or 2.7 points to trade at 225.7 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) unchanged 0.03% or 0.0 points to end at 77.8 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.53% or 0.53 points to 100.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 430 to 206 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.92% or 1.52 to $53.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.35% or 1.44 to hit $62.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.05 to trade at $1282.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 10.2508, while USD/SEK rose 0.05% to 9.0232.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.007.