Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 6.54% or 0.580 points to trade at 9.445 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 4.76% or 0.231 points to end at 5.088 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 2.45% or 0.81 points to 33.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which lost 2.91% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.01 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.05% or 0.1160 points to end at 5.5460 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 0.51% or 0.17 points to 32.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 56 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.67% or 1.23 to $74.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.97% or 1.35 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1312.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1944, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.51.