Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 0.90% or 0.31 points to trade at 34.83 at the close. Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) added 0.21% or 0.09 points to end at 43.35 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 0.09% or 0.02 points to 22.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 2.86% or 0.160 points to trade at 5.435 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.83% or 0.2800 points to end at 9.6150 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 2.34% or 1.10 points to 46.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 52 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.20% or 0.11 to $55.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1239.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.0616, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.