Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOK1V), which rose 2.63% or 0.160 points to trade at 6.250 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HEL:NDA1V) added 2.41% or 0.270 points to end at 11.490 and Konecranes Oyj (HEL:KCR1V) was up 2.41% or 0.63 points to 26.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V), which lost 3.05% or 0.1380 points to trade at 4.3800 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HEL:NESTE) declined 0.22% or 0.05 points to end at 22.81 and Valmt (HEL:VALMT) shed 0.20% or 0.02 points to 10.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 44 and 4 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 1.49% or 0.94 to $62.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.99% or 1.78 to hit $57.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1169.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1082, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7098.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.28.