Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 2.03% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which rose 4.86% or 2.03 points to trade at 43.81 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 4.42% or 0.182 points to end at 4.302 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 4.24% or 0.148 points to 3.638 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valmt (HE:VALMT), which lost 0.90% or 0.13 points to trade at 14.33 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) declined 0.37% or 0.05 points to end at 13.64 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) shed 0.22% or 0.09 points to 41.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 132 to 55 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.17% or 0.63 to $53.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.59% or 0.81 to hit $50.12 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.15 to trade at $1178.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.0753, while EUR/GBP rose 0.95% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.28.