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Finland shares higher at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 up 2.15%

Published 06/04/2018, 02:30 am
Updated 06/04/2018, 02:35 am
© Reuters.  Finland shares higher at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 up 2.15%
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Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 2.15%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 7.32% or 0.3980 points to trade at 5.8340 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 4.51% or 1.11 points to end at 25.72 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 3.87% or 0.266 points to 7.146 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which lost 0.57% or 0.10 points to trade at 17.55 in late trade. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 0.52% or 0.24 points to end at 46.24 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) gained 1.04% or 0.46 points to 44.71.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 41 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.56% or 0.38 to $68.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8741.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.

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