Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which rose 1.71% or 0.61 points to trade at 36.19 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 1.66% or 0.1450 points to end at 8.8650 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 1.37% or 0.30 points to 22.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 2.17% or 0.240 points to trade at 10.820 in late trade. Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) declined 1.28% or 0.56 points to end at 43.29 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 0.76% or 0.32 points to 41.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.26% or 0.14 to $54.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 13.65 to trade at $1352.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.2013, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.9184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 91.56.