Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which rose 6.18% or 1.0500 points to trade at 18.0300 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 2.09% or 0.63 points to end at 30.77 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 2.05% or 0.61 points to 30.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 0.76% or 0.56 points to trade at 73.60 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 0.74% or 0.30 points to end at 40.04 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 0.12% or 0.0060 points to 5.1960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 62 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.52 to $71.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.40 to hit $65.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1185.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1376, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.