Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 3.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 6.21% or 11.36 points to trade at 194.28 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 6.13% or 11.6 points to end at 200.1 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was up 6.10% or 12.5 points to 217.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which added 0.33% or 0.14 points to trade at 42.88 in late trade. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.46% or 1.00 points to end at 218.40 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) gained 0.70% or 0.5 points to 77.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 498 to 129 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.04% or 0.96 to $48.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.07% or 1.16 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.15 to trade at $1287.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.46% to 10.2066, while USD/SEK fell 0.62% to 8.9451.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.667.