Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.59% or 1.40 points to trade at 55.38 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 2.49% or 0.66 points to end at 27.16 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 2.13% or 0.36 points to 17.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which lost 1.66% or 0.155 points to trade at 9.200 in late trade. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 1.36% or 0.49 points to end at 35.56 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) shed 0.39% or 0.10 points to 25.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 64 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.99% or 0.73 to $74.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1347.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.