Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.93% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 4.67% or 22.4 points to trade at 502.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 3.79% or 7.7 points to end at 210.7 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 3.24% or 2.25 points to 71.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 5.46% or 3.70 points to trade at 64.05 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.12% or 0.82 points to end at 37.77 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 2.11% or 5.40 points to 250.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 344 to 204 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.46% or 3.70 to 64.05.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.20% or 0.61 to $51.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.85% or 9.95 to trade at $1162.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.6968, while USD/SEK rose 0.80% to 9.1997.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 101.69.