Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HEL:VALMT), which rose 8.78% or 0.87 points to trade at 10.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOK1V) added 7.53% or 0.450 points to end at 6.425 and Outotec Oyj (HEL:OTE1V) was up 3.29% or 0.200 points to 6.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were YIT Oyj (HEL:YTY1V), which fell 4.11% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.59 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V) declined 2.30% or 0.0980 points to end at 4.1680 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HEL:HUH1V) was down 2.05% or 0.67 points to 32.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 99 to 68 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.35% or 0.18 to $53.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.35% or 3.80 to trade at $1089.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.78% to 1.0898, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 97.85.