Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.58%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 4.35% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) added 4.12% or 3.80 points to end at 96.00 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 3.47% or 2.50 points to 75.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which fell 1.73% or 0.53 points to trade at 30.11 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.72% or 28.00 points to end at 1,600.00 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 1.44% or 1.50 points to 102.95.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 487 to 281 and 75 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $69.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 31.70 to trade at $2,612.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.60% to 11.32, while USD/SEK fell 0.65% to 10.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.06.