Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 7.56% or 10.26 points to trade at 145.96 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.01% or 9.5 points to end at 481.6 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 1.61% or 2.9 points to 182.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which lost 0.75% or 0.5 points to trade at 65.8 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 0.69% or 0.25 points to end at 36.08 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 0.68% or 1.0 points to 146.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 434 to 301 and 73 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.44% or 0.21 to $47.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.10 to trade at $1329.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.43% to 9.4949, while USD/SEK rose 0.69% to 7.9936.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.67.