Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 2.66% or 7.4 points to trade at 285.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 2.21% or 0.99 points to end at 45.82 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 1.19% or 11.0 points to 935.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which fell 1.16% or 1.60 points to trade at 136.70 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.85% or 1.05 points to end at 122.75 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.51% or 1.10 points to 214.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 337 to 328 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) rose to all time highs; rising 2.66% or 7.4 to 285.3.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $48.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.82% or 0.43 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 3.95 to trade at $1199.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.51% to 9.6172, while USD/SEK fell 0.32% to 9.0172.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 101.47.