Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 3.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 9.63% or 0.3140 points to trade at 3.5740 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 6.64% or 4.66 points to end at 74.80 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 5.76% or 1.50 points to 27.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which added 0.06% or 0.0100 points to trade at 18.1300 in late trade. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.08% or 0.03 points to end at 38.75 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) gained 0.63% or 0.12 points to 19.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.95% or 1.09 to $57.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.91% or 0.90 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.10 to trade at $1286.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.773.