Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.11% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 2.05% or 1.94 points to end at 96.36 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.89% or 3.3 points to 177.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 0.10% or 0.30 points to trade at 288.50 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 0.11% or 0.3 points to end at 268.3 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) gained 0.24% or 0.40 points to 164.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 420 to 214 and 33 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.82% or 0.50 to $61.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.26% or 0.81 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1355.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 9.8878, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 7.9506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 88.88.