Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which rose 2.63% or 1.10 points to trade at 44.50 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 1.73% or 4.10 points to end at 240.50 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.45% or 4.30 points to 301.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 0.90% or 0.80 points to trade at 86.00 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 0.65% or 1.30 points to end at 198.30 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) shed 0.59% or 1.10 points to 186.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 488 to 254 and 86 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.58% or 0.44 to $76.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.42% or 0.33 to hit $79.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 7.30 to trade at $2,470.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 11.48, while USD/SEK unchanged 0.03% to 10.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.91.