Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 7.72% or 42.5 points to trade at 593.0 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.44% or 5.2 points to end at 218.6 and Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) was up 1.70% or 3.0 points to 179.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which lost 3.00% or 4.20 points to trade at 135.90 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.13% or 0.79 points to end at 36.32 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) shed 1.84% or 3.3 points to 176.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 354 to 340 and 82 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.79 to trade at $1228.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.20% to 9.6685, while USD/SEK fell 0.40% to 8.8484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 99.11.