Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 1.03% or 2.0 points to trade at 196.9 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.98% or 1.1 points to end at 113.0 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 0.86% or 1.6 points to 187.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 7.39% or 1.43 points to trade at 17.92 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 2.11% or 4.40 points to end at 204.00 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 1.57% or 0.63 points to 39.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 333 to 262 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.34% or 0.78 to $58.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.51 to trade at $1287.69 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.47% to 9.8792, while USD/SEK fell 0.22% to 8.2788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.68.