Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.73% or 2.70 points to trade at 101.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) added 2.32% or 5.8 points to end at 255.3 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was up 1.82% or 5.2 points to 290.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 0.55% or 0.80 points to trade at 144.70 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.04% or 0.01 points to end at 25.74 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 0.05% or 0.02 points to 38.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 415 to 162 and 63 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.07% or 0.45 to $41.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.11% or 0.49 to hit $43.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.62% or 22.15 to trade at $1345.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 9.4895, while USD/SEK rose 0.54% to 8.5650.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 96.24.