Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 2.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which fell 0.64% or 0.17 points to trade at 26.38 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) fell 0.97% or 0.34 points to end at 34.82 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was down 0.92% or 0.34 points to 36.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which lost 3.95% or 1.41 points to trade at 34.33 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 3.97% or 0.2660 points to end at 6.4320 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) shed 3.50% or 0.278 points to 7.666.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 27 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.42% or 0.27 to $64.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $61.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.20% or 15.60 to trade at $1320.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2308, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 90.03.