Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.23% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.87% or 1.04 points to trade at 37.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 2.10% or 5.00 points to end at 242.80 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.45% or 2.8 points to 196.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 3.16% or 9.3 points to trade at 284.6 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.28% or 3.5 points to end at 270.5 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was down 1.14% or 2.2 points to 191.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 370 to 326 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.45% or 2.8 to 196.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.65% or 0.75 to $46.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.53% or 0.74 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.66 to trade at $1229.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.29% to 9.6727, while USD/SEK fell 0.39% to 8.7972.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.53.