Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 6.34% or 0.3620 points to trade at 6.0700 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 2.63% or 0.240 points to end at 9.355 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 2.00% or 0.325 points to 16.565 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 1.53% or 0.84 points to trade at 53.98 in late trade. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 1.34% or 0.49 points to end at 36.05 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 1.32% or 0.44 points to 32.89.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.51% or 1.08 to $72.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.18 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.90 to trade at $1354.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2386, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.29.