Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.88% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 2.71% or 0.74 points to trade at 28.09 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 2.68% or 0.190 points to end at 7.288 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 2.14% or 0.305 points to 14.535 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 0.88% or 0.090 points to trade at 10.190 in late trade. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) declined 0.82% or 0.06 points to end at 6.63 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) shed 0.55% or 0.021 points to 3.786.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.01% or 0.70 to $68.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.00% or 0.64 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.30 to trade at $1334.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.