Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 7.98% or 1.34 points to trade at 18.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 5.41% or 15.1 points to end at 294.0 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 4.89% or 14.6 points to 313.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which fell 5.45% or 10.10 points to trade at 175.10 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.91% or 1.54 points to end at 167.66 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 0.75% or 2.20 points to 292.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 425 to 327 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) rose to all time highs; rising 5.41% or 15.1 to 294.0.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.09% or 1.10 to $53.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.75% or 1.04 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.50 to trade at $1273.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.20% to 9.7073, while USD/SEK rose 0.41% to 8.3815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 94.93.