Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 3.49% or 2.08 points to trade at 61.76 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 2.53% or 0.204 points to end at 8.268 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 1.70% or 0.60 points to 35.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which lost 2.07% or 0.74 points to trade at 34.99 in late trade. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) declined 1.18% or 0.170 points to end at 14.260 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 0.83% or 0.060 points to 7.195.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.08% or 0.72 to $67.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.24% or 0.78 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1331.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2299, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.77.