Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 7.98% or 1.34 points to trade at 18.13 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 5.41% or 15.1 points to end at 294.0 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 4.89% or 14.6 points to 313.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which lost 5.45% or 10.10 points to trade at 175.10 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.91% or 1.54 points to end at 167.66 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 0.75% or 2.20 points to 292.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 425 to 327 and 76 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.13% or 1.12 to $53.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.75% or 1.04 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.31 to trade at $1272.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.20% to 9.7072, while USD/SEK rose 0.42% to 8.3826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.94.