Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 4.37% or 0.27 points to trade at 6.45 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 2.96% or 0.1080 points to end at 3.7560 and Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) was up 2.79% or 0.57 points to 21.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 1.51% or 0.062 points to trade at 4.044 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 0.07% or 0.005 points to end at 7.525 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) gained 0.03% or 0.01 points to 34.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 39 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 2.24% or 1.15 to $50.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.11% or 1.05 to hit $48.83 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.25 to trade at $1320.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1060, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.8356.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 96.31.