Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 4.22% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.170 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 3.01% or 0.65 points to end at 22.21 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 1.71% or 0.85 points to 50.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which lost 0.09% or 0.010 points to trade at 11.040 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 0.06% or 0.02 points to end at 35.51 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) gained 0.48% or 0.21 points to 44.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 3.61% or 1.83 to $52.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.61% or 1.20 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.22 to trade at $1323.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.81.