Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.58% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.51% or 0.1100 points to trade at 7.3800 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) added 1.49% or 0.66 points to end at 44.84 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.21% or 0.21 points to 17.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which lost 0.81% or 0.23 points to trade at 28.04 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.35% or 0.014 points to end at 4.024 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 0.33% or 0.03 points to 7.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 3.55% or 1.78 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.44% or 2.14 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.54 to trade at $1292.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1240, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8707.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.78.