Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 3.85% or 0.78 points to trade at 21.03 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.48% or 0.020 points to end at 4.178 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) was up 0.33% or 0.02 points to 6.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which lost 2.01% or 0.36 points to trade at 17.58 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 1.88% or 0.072 points to end at 3.760 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 1.61% or 0.43 points to 26.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 66 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.00% or 1.23 to $62.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.21% or 1.22 to hit $56.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 12.09 to trade at $1290.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1788, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.64.