Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 4.60% or 3.80 points to trade at 87.30 at the close. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 2.91% or 0.60 points to end at 21.20 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) was up 2.84% or 1.30 points to 48.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 3.28% or 11.10 points to trade at 327.30 in late trade. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) declined 2.04% or 2.60 points to end at 125.00 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) shed 1.31% or 1.55 points to 116.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 450 to 313 and 77 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.26% or 0.86 to $67.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.07% or 0.77 to hit $71.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 12.91 to trade at $2,661.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.65% to 11.56, while USD/SEK rose 0.90% to 10.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 106.00.