Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 3.55% or 2.9 points to trade at 83.4 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.67% or 1.46 points to end at 56.06 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.77% or 2.90 points to 166.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.95% or 0.31 points to trade at 10.06 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 1.33% or 2.13 points to end at 157.72 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) shed 0.66% or 1.00 points to 151.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 324 to 281 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.26% or 0.79 to $63.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.14% or 0.76 to hit $67.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1330.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 10.0385, while USD/SEK rose 0.56% to 8.1601.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.76.