Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.46% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 1.92% or 9.4 points to trade at 500.0 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 1.79% or 2.5 points to end at 142.0 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.32% or 2.2 points to 168.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 4.76% or 4.05 points to trade at 81.00 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 3.60% or 1.34 points to end at 35.91 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) shed 0.64% or 1.10 points to 169.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 367 to 236 and 66 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.52% or 1.69 to $46.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.37% or 1.65 to hit $47.35 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.79% or 9.45 to trade at $1179.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.7810, while USD/SEK fell 0.15% to 9.2356.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 101.56.