Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb), which rose 3.11% or 4.4 points to trade at 145.9 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.72% or 0.75 points to end at 28.36 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 2.35% or 5.2 points to 226.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which fell 5.36% or 4.70 points to trade at 83.05 at the close. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 1.47% or 4.1 points to end at 273.9 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) was down 0.94% or 2.4 points to 252.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 329 to 197 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.24 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.40 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.2798, while USD/SEK rose 0.68% to 8.2351.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.07.