Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 3.63% or 2.95 points to trade at 84.20 at the close. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) added 3.10% or 1.41 points to end at 46.86 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 3.01% or 2.05 points to 70.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 0.33% or 0.50 points to trade at 152.80 in late trade. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.13% or 0.4 points to end at 302.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) gained 0.10% or 0.5 points to 518.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 412 to 154 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.03 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $46.51 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.75 to trade at $1354.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 9.4942, while USD/SEK rose 0.33% to 8.5993.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.45.