Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.39% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 3.15% or 9.6 points to trade at 314.0 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 3.05% or 17.0 points to end at 573.5 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 2.91% or 5.4 points to 190.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which lost 1.15% or 2.4 points to trade at 206.6 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) added 0.13% or 0.08 points to end at 60.83 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) gained 0.45% or 0.50 points to 112.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 381 to 196 and 75 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.99% or 1.29 to $44.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.99% or 1.36 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.39% or 5.15 to trade at $1322.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.07% to 9.5845, while USD/SEK rose 0.46% to 8.5928.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.92.