Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.93% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 4.67% or 22.4 points to trade at 502.0 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 3.79% or 7.7 points to end at 210.7 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 3.24% or 2.25 points to 71.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 5.46% or 3.70 points to trade at 64.05 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.12% or 0.82 points to end at 37.77 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 2.11% or 5.40 points to 250.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 344 to 204 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.24% or 0.63 to $51.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.89% or 10.40 to trade at $1162.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.6969, while USD/SEK rose 0.80% to 9.1997.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 101.69.