Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.20% or 3.7 points to trade at 312.1 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) added 1.19% or 0.90 points to end at 76.25 and Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) was up 1.10% or 2.8 points to 258.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 1.12% or 1.60 points to trade at 141.60 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.89% or 0.65 points to end at 72.30 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) shed 0.82% or 2.1 points to 254.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 311 to 254 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.16 to $41.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.22% or 16.35 to trade at $1357.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.21% to 9.5497, while USD/SEK fell 1.01% to 8.5506.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 95.56.