Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 6.33% or 0.307 points to trade at 5.156 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 1.85% or 0.55 points to end at 30.20 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 1.40% or 0.50 points to 36.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which lost 1.55% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.38 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 1.24% or 0.049 points to end at 3.895 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 1.15% or 0.0520 points to 4.4870.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 37 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.74% or 0.59 to $79.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 4.90 to trade at $1222.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1557, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.94.