Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 3.26% or 0.165 points to trade at 5.220 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 3.00% or 0.310 points to end at 10.660 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 2.86% or 0.95 points to 34.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which lost 0.76% or 0.26 points to trade at 33.90 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.57% or 0.022 points to end at 3.840 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) shed 0.55% or 0.14 points to 25.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 58 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $54.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $51.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.04% or 12.65 to trade at $1199.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.0627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 101.46.