Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 4.13% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 2.14% or 4.70 points to end at 224.30 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) was up 1.85% or 0.80 points to 44.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 2.70% or 2.50 points to trade at 90.80 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 1.43% or 3.00 points to end at 206.80 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.34% or 2.00 points to 146.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 425 to 353 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.27% or 0.93 to $74.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.79% or 0.60 to hit $76.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 13.21 to trade at $2,655.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.44, while USD/SEK fell 0.40% to 11.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 108.76.
