Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V), which rose 2.34% or 0.38 points to trade at 16.63 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 2.28% or 0.68 points to end at 30.50 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 2.22% or 0.23 points to 10.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 7.75% or 2.25 points to trade at 26.78 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 4.27% or 0.154 points to end at 3.450 and Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) shed 2.88% or 0.60 points to 20.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 77 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.51% or 0.69 to $46.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.58 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.64% or 7.95 to trade at $1251.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1325, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.7780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.36.