Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 1.22% or 0.58 points to trade at 48.06 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 0.90% or 0.33 points to end at 36.96 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.81% or 0.13 points to 16.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 0.90% or 0.060 points to trade at 6.630 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 0.53% or 0.16 points to end at 30.09 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) shed 0.47% or 0.20 points to 42.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 67 and 21 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.22% or 0.14 to $63.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.45% or 0.84 to hit $58.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.52 to trade at $1287.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.