Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 3.94% or 0.51 points to trade at 13.45 at the close. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) added 2.38% or 0.92 points to end at 39.52 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was up 2.36% or 0.1450 points to 6.2900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 6.95% or 0.306 points to trade at 4.100 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 4.02% or 0.174 points to end at 4.150 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 1.31% or 0.41 points to 30.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 69 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.03% or 0.52 to $49.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.11% or 0.55 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1270.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 98.65.