Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.89% or 0.32 points to trade at 17.26 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 1.43% or 0.23 points to end at 16.37 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.98% or 0.32 points to 33.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which lost 2.25% or 0.60 points to trade at 26.02 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.78% or 0.1300 points to end at 7.1550 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 1.25% or 0.090 points to 7.105.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.21% or 0.13 to $63.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1257.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.84.