Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 3.52% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.44 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 3.10% or 1.50 points to end at 50.60 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was up 2.13% or 0.61 points to 29.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which lost 2.54% or 11.70 points to trade at 448.50 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 0.95% or 2.00 points to end at 209.60 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 0.52% or 3.00 points to 574.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 520 to 258 and 77 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.49% or 1.82 to $74.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.31% or 1.78 to hit $79.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 25.70 to trade at $2,542.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.18% to 11.39, while USD/SEK fell 0.40% to 10.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 100.72.