Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which rose 0.61% or 0.16 points to trade at 26.27 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.29% or 0.014 points to end at 4.816 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 0.13% or 0.05 points to 37.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 2.94% or 0.2800 points to trade at 9.2350 in late trade. Konecranes Abp (HE:KCRA) declined 2.52% or 0.86 points to end at 33.33 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 2.30% or 1.07 points to 45.51.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 32 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.67% or 0.38 to $56.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 6.95 to trade at $1258.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.89.