Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which rose 2.58% or 4.4 points to trade at 175.1 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) added 1.54% or 3.2 points to end at 211.6 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 1.42% or 1.50 points to 107.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 0.79% or 1.00 points to trade at 125.10 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 0.51% or 0.21 points to end at 41.10 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) shed 0.47% or 1.3 points to 275.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 258 to 183 and 2 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.36% or 0.72 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.62% or 6.80 to trade at $1095.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.53% to 9.4782, while USD/SEK fell 0.34% to 8.5945.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 97.00.