Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which rose 3.37% or 0.98 points to trade at 30.10 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 2.70% or 0.97 points to end at 36.90 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was up 1.91% or 0.1040 points to 5.5420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which lost 7.55% or 1.42 points to trade at 17.45 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 2.87% or 1.28 points to end at 43.26 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) shed 0.75% or 0.35 points to 46.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 55 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.38% or 0.26 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.