Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 3.23% or 1.66 points to trade at 53.00 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 3.17% or 0.94 points to end at 30.58 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 1.76% or 0.090 points to 5.214 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valmt (HE:VALMT), which lost 0.98% or 0.20 points to trade at 20.26 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.55% or 0.40 points to end at 72.16 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 0.45% or 0.0180 points to 3.9480.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.24% or 0.17 to $71.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.82% or 0.51 to hit $61.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.50 to trade at $1229.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1462, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.75.