Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 2.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 5.59% or 1.56 points to trade at 29.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 5.21% or 6.60 points to end at 133.30 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was up 4.59% or 2.16 points to 49.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.25% or 1.2 points to trade at 481.5 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 0.39% or 1.90 points to end at 489.20 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.38% or 2.30 points to 169.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 387 to 151 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.80% or 2.16 to $39.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.53% or 2.18 to hit $41.61 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1242.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.04% to 9.2907, while USD/SEK fell 0.32% to 8.1418.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 94.19.