Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 10.96% or 0.513 points to trade at 5.195 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 2.22% or 0.75 points to end at 34.60 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 2.18% or 0.77 points to 36.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V), which lost 1.59% or 0.23 points to trade at 14.28 in late trade. Kesko Oyj B (HE:KESBV) declined 0.82% or 0.34 points to end at 40.96 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 0.75% or 0.0400 points to 5.2750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 57 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.95% or 0.42 to $43.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.98% or 0.41 to hit $41.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.66% or 22.75 to trade at $1344.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8478.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.23.