Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 4.72% or 0.2380 points to trade at 5.2840 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 2.95% or 1.01 points to end at 35.21 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 2.78% or 0.51 points to 18.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 3.19% or 0.154 points to trade at 4.673 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.65% or 0.36 points to end at 21.49 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) shed 1.12% or 0.42 points to 37.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 65 and 21 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.08 to $79.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.99% or 0.69 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.40 to trade at $1208.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.08.