Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 1.09% or 1.9 points to trade at 175.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) added 0.99% or 0.46 points to end at 46.99 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) was up 0.81% or 0.65 points to 81.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 8.05% or 2.46 points to trade at 28.10 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) declined 5.52% or 12.0 points to end at 205.2 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 1.72% or 2.2 points to 126.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 306 to 259 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.61% or 0.30 to $49.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.93% or 0.46 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.62% or 7.55 to trade at $1212.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 9.2721, while USD/SEK rose 0.52% to 8.3256.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.50.