Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.90% or 5.0 points to trade at 268.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKI) added 1.52% or 0.90 points to end at 60.20 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 1.51% or 3.0 points to 201.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 1.18% or 1.30 points to trade at 108.70 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.06% or 1.70 points to end at 158.30 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 0.53% or 0.60 points to 113.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 239 to 187 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.17% or 0.10 to $59.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1172.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.35% to 9.2700, while USD/SEK rose 0.80% to 8.3113.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 95.72.