Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which rose 8.31% or 0.306 points to trade at 3.988 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 2.42% or 0.115 points to end at 4.863 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was up 1.23% or 0.23 points to 18.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which lost 6.52% or 3.04 points to trade at 43.62 in late trade. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 1.57% or 0.27 points to end at 16.97 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) shed 1.23% or 0.68 points to 54.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 65 and 9 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $73.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 10.00 to trade at $1338.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 90.07.