Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.95% or 0.85 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 2.14% or 2.90 points to end at 138.30 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 1.88% or 4.1 points to 222.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 0.94% or 1.60 points to trade at 167.80 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 0.72% or 0.80 points to end at 110.70 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) shed 0.70% or 0.28 points to 39.78.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 412 to 287 and 87 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.47% or 0.71 to $47.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.28% or 0.65 to hit $49.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 9.86 to trade at $1276.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.21% to 9.7299, while USD/SEK fell 0.80% to 8.6300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.69.