Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 8.07% or 2.86 points to trade at 38.30 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) added 2.45% or 5.0 points to end at 209.4 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.60% or 3.30 points to 209.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs), which lost 1.39% or 2.2 points to trade at 155.7 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 1.20% or 2.00 points to end at 165.30 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) shed 0.82% or 0.47 points to 56.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 340 to 339 and 89 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.23% or 1.13 to $49.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.96% or 1.04 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1286.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.11% to 9.6407, while USD/SEK rose 0.36% to 9.0184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 99.88.