Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 3.43% or 48.50 points to trade at 1,462.00 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 2.67% or 5.40 points to end at 207.80 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) was up 1.87% or 0.80 points to 45.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which lost 1.41% or 3.50 points to trade at 244.50 in late trade. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) declined 0.93% or 1.15 points to end at 122.30 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) shed 0.88% or 1.90 points to 212.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 501 to 272 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.20% or 0.84 to $70.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.97% or 0.72 to hit $74.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.22% or 32.50 to trade at $2,707.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.62% to 11.51, while USD/SEK rose 0.05% to 11.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 107.59.