Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 1.90% or 0.82 points to trade at 43.91 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) added 1.87% or 0.200 points to end at 10.880 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 1.68% or 0.57 points to 34.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 3.53% or 0.2950 points to trade at 8.0650 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.94% or 0.32 points to end at 33.90 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 0.49% or 0.21 points to 42.89.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 2.44% or 1.32 to $55.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.36% or 1.23 to hit $53.35 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.75 to trade at $1205.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0689, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 100.94.