Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.75% or 1.65 points to trade at 61.70 at the close. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 2.58% or 26.0 points to end at 1033.0 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 2.46% or 0.83 points to 34.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 0.35% or 0.8 points to trade at 224.6 in late trade. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 0.14% or 0.4 points to end at 279.1 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) gained 0.14% or 0.20 points to 142.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 400 to 197 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.55 to trade at $1194.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 9.4733, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 8.9174.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.38.