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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST: AZN ), which rose 3.43% or 48.50 points to trade at 1,462.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST: SKFb ) added 2.67% or 5.40 points to end at 207.80 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ) was up 1.87% or 0.80 points to 45.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ), which fell 1.41% or 3.50 points to trade at 244.50 at the close. Nordea Bank Abp (ST: NDASE ) declined 0.93% or 1.15 points to end at 122.30 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST: SWEDa ) was down 0.88% or 1.90 points to 212.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 501 to 272 and 68 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.20% or 0.84 to $70.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.96% or 0.71 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.21% or 32.30 to trade at $2,707.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.62% to 11.51, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 11.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 107.61.