Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 2.62% or 7.3 points to trade at 285.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 2.58% or 3.60 points to end at 143.10 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 2.01% or 6.3 points to 319.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.83% or 1.45 points to trade at 36.39 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 0.58% or 1.2 points to end at 205.1 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 0.37% or 0.8 points to 218.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 337 to 333 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.62% or 7.3 to 285.6. Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) rose to all time highs; rising 2.01% or 6.3 to 319.0. Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.37% or 0.8 to 218.3.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.95% or 0.49 to $52.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.69% or 0.38 to hit $55.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 14.20 to trade at $1267.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.00% to 9.6075, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 9.0493.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.82.