Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 3.63% or 2.95 points to trade at 84.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) added 3.10% or 1.41 points to end at 46.86 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 3.01% or 2.05 points to 70.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 0.33% or 0.50 points to trade at 152.80 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.13% or 0.4 points to end at 302.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.10% or 0.5 points to 518.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 412 to 154 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.03 to $45.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $46.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.75 to trade at $1354.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 9.4949, while USD/SEK rose 0.34% to 8.6000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.44.