Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.34% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 9.69% or 24.50 points to trade at 277.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 6.88% or 3.60 points to end at 55.95 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 3.04% or 1.13 points to 38.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 1.33% or 3.9 points to trade at 289.7 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) declined 1.07% or 2.5 points to end at 231.0 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 1.01% or 0.52 points to 50.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 368 to 316 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.69% or 24.50 to 277.40.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.04% or 1.08 to $54.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.18% or 1.21 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1235.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 9.4819, while USD/SEK fell 0.01% to 8.9037.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.62.