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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.30%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: SBBb ), which rose 8.05% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.66 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) added 6.65% or 25.00 points to end at 400.00 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ) was up 4.08% or 1.80 points to 45.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST: ASSAb ), which fell 1.49% or 4.80 points to trade at 316.70 at the close. Essity AB B (ST: ESSITYb ) declined 0.07% or 0.20 points to end at 299.20 and Telia Company AB (ST: TELIA ) was up 0.28% or 0.10 points to 36.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 520 to 228 and 65 ended unchanged.

Shares in SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.65% or 25.00 to 400.00. Shares in Telia Company AB (ST: TELIA ) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.28% or 0.10 to 36.00.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.14% or 0.76 to $67.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.10% or 0.77 to hit $70.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 8.09 to trade at $2,999.39 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.15% to 11.03, while USD/SEK fell 0.42% to 10.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.69.