Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa), which rose 1.50% or 1.6 points to trade at 108.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.46% or 2.70 points to end at 187.10 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 1.37% or 3.3 points to 244.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.46% or 2.80 points to trade at 110.80 at the close. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 2.31% or 6.2 points to end at 262.3 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 0.62% or 3.5 points to 559.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 373 to 205 and 70 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $47.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1325.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.07% to 9.4945, while USD/SEK rose 0.52% to 8.4512.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.11.