Sweden Stock Market Update

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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.82%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): rose 4.53% or 0.91 points to trade at 20.89 at the close.
– Evolution AB (ST:EVOG): added 3.72% or 30.60 points to end at 853.00.
– Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): up 3.42% or 0.15 points to 4.48.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb): fell 0.15% or 0.40 points to trade at 234.80.
– H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): added 0.03% or 0.10 points to end at 149.10.
– ABB Ltd (ST:ABB): was up 0.10% or 0.60 points to 604.60.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 516 to 272, and 73 ended unchanged.

Commodities Trading

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.92% or 0.64 to $70.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.84% or 0.61 to hit $73.46 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 23.21 to trade at $2,630.69 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 11.48.
• USD/SEK fell 0.22% to 11.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 107.86.