Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.32% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 9.01% or 3.17 points to trade at 38.37 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 3.07% or 0.146 points to end at 4.901 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 0.48% or 0.13 points to 27.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 7.82% or 0.265 points to trade at 3.122 in late trade. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 5.91% or 1.11 points to end at 17.68 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 5.90% or 0.355 points to 5.660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 4.70% or 2.82 to $62.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.31% or 2.22 to hit $53.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.60 to trade at $1250.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.725.