Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 2.31% or 0.70 points to trade at 31.00 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 2.24% or 0.45 points to end at 20.30 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 2.19% or 0.091 points to 4.243 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 5.28% or 1.36 points to trade at 24.42 in late trade. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 1.27% or 0.130 points to end at 10.110 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) shed 0.47% or 0.15 points to 31.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 54 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.89% or 0.68 to $76.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.70 to trade at $1307.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.44% to 1.1621, while EUR/GBP fell 0.78% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.10% at 94.59.