Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.31%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 10.43% or 0.65 points to trade at 6.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 2.52% or 3.50 points to end at 142.60 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was up 1.88% or 0.55 points to 29.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which fell 0.63% or 0.30 points to trade at 50.60 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) declined 0.45% or 0.90 points to end at 186.20 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was down 0.38% or 1.20 points to 305.40.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 461 to 301 and 90 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.44% or 1.85 to $74.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.95% or 1.54 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.00% or 25.55 to trade at $2,534.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 11.36, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 10.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.58.