Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 0.80% or 0.34 points to trade at 42.98 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 0.54% or 0.25 points to end at 46.76 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was up 0.42% or 0.17 points to 41.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which lost 5.42% or 1.42 points to trade at 24.79 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 3.76% or 1.11 points to end at 28.43 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) shed 3.20% or 0.48 points to 14.51.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 71 to 68 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.20% or 0.10 to $50.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1248.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0808, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.44.