The Stockholm stock exchange rose on Friday, which was a half-day ahead of the All Saints' Day holiday. The development was in line with higher prices on the leading European stock exchanges.

At the close, the OMXS30 index was up 0.58 percent to 2,557.22. Shares worth around SEK 8.3 billion were traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

The best performance among the stock exchange's major industrial sectors was telecom with an increase of 1.03 percent. At the other end of the scale, health care was at the bottom with minus 0.20 percent.

Among the leading stocks, which are included in the OMXS30 index, Telia rose 4.0 percent while Hexagon was up 2.1 percent. Volvo was the worst performer, down 0.7 percent, while Getinge was down 0.5 percent.

Real estate company Balder carried out a private placement of 18 million B shares at a subscription price of SEK 82.42 per share. The subscription price was in line with Thursday's closing price. The company received almost SEK 1.5 billion. The issue was subscribed by AMF, Länsförsäkringar and Hedin Group. Balder also buys properties from the joint venture Centur for SEK 5.2 billion. Balder's share rose 3.8 percent. Construction company Peab buys shares from Centur for SEK 2.1 billion. Peab's share rose 2.9 percent.

Telia, which was weak on Thursday, rebounded by 4.0 percent. CEO Patrik Hofbauer reported a share purchase of just under SEK 0.8 million.

Polymer company Hexpol acquires 80 percent of US Piedmont Resin Supply. The purchase price is USD 86 million, equivalent to SEK 917 million, on a debt-free basis. The share rose 2.1 percent.

Real estate company NP3 completed the announced acquisition on Frösön. The company raised its profit forecast for the full year 2024 slightly. The forecast for income from property management was raised from SEK 850 to 860 million. The share rose 2.8 percent.

Private equity firm Nordic Capital has reduced its stake in credit management company Intrum from 30.13 percent to 29.90 percent of the shares, thus passing below the 30 percent flagging threshold. Intrum's shares fell 6.0 percent.

IT consultant Tietoevry is demanding SEK 12.5 million from a number of Swedish regions for how they were affected by the ransomware attack earlier this year. Tietoevry has already set aside a maximum of just over SEK 115 million that the company may have to pay in damages for the incident. The share rose 1.0 percent.

Audio book company Storytel's co-founder Jonas Tellander sold shares in the company for SEK 44 million at the end of October. The share fell 0.4 percent.

Real estate company Castellum fell 1.3 percent after UBS lowered its recommendation to sell, from neutral.

Engineering consultant Sweco lost 1.8 percent. Danske Bank lowered its recommendation from buy to hold.

Housing developer Bonava fell 5.8 percent. Kepler Cheuvreux lowered its recommendation to keep, from previously buy.