Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 2.28% or 0.42 points to trade at 18.82 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) added 1.47% or 0.08 points to end at 5.51 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 1.34% or 0.43 points to 32.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 2.16% or 0.1120 points to trade at 5.0840 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.95% or 0.70 points to end at 72.90 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) shed 0.83% or 0.41 points to 48.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 63 and 22 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.48% or 0.34 to $71.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1185.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.