Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 2.88% or 0.290 points to trade at 10.350 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 2.18% or 0.096 points to end at 4.498 and Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 2.11% or 0.220 points to 10.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 0.79% or 0.040 points to trade at 5.045 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 0.03% or 0.01 points to end at 33.01 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) gained 0.06% or 0.02 points to 35.79.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.55% or 0.31 to $55.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.79% or 0.42 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.05 to trade at $1196.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 101.23.