Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 1.76% or 2.75 points to trade at 159.15 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 1.63% or 1.9 points to end at 115.5 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 1.37% or 2.00 points to 148.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which lost 1.09% or 1.10 points to trade at 100.00 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.95% or 0.92 points to end at 95.44 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 0.77% or 1.25 points to 160.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 346 to 259 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.95% or 0.61 to $63.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.65 to hit $68.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.10 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.20% to 9.8332, while USD/SEK rose 0.23% to 8.0357.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.