Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 2.33% or 3.53 points to trade at 154.88 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.07% or 4.1 points to end at 202.1 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.97% or 6.2 points to 320.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which lost 1.97% or 4.40 points to trade at 219.40 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.08% or 0.58 points to end at 52.98 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) shed 0.89% or 3.3 points to 367.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 353 to 245 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.49 to $67.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.01% or 0.73 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1348.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.44% to 10.4084, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 8.4472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.53.