Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 3.00%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 6.21% or 11.36 points to trade at 194.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 6.13% or 11.6 points to end at 200.1 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was up 6.10% or 12.5 points to 217.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 0.33% or 0.14 points to trade at 42.88 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.46% or 1.00 points to end at 218.40 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 0.70% or 0.5 points to 77.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 498 to 129 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.04% or 0.96 to $48.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.09% or 1.17 to hit $57.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.20 to trade at $1287.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.45% to 10.2079, while USD/SEK fell 0.62% to 8.9449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 95.662.