Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 1.96% or 1.20 points to trade at 62.35 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.88% or 1.45 points to end at 78.70 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.83% or 2.40 points to 133.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 1.08% or 1.60 points to trade at 145.90 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.07% or 2.4 points to end at 222.6 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 0.30% or 0.5 points to 168.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 205 and 34 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.03% or 0.48 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.28 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1272.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.20% to 9.3276, while USD/SEK rose 0.85% to 8.2550.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 94.69.