Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Huhtamaki Oyj (HEL:HUH1V), which rose 7.38% or 2.13 points to trade at 31.01 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V) added 3.80% or 0.1480 points to end at 4.0460 and Kesko Oyj B (HEL:KESBV) was up 1.22% or 0.42 points to 34.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stora Enso Oyj R (HEL:STERV), which lost 2.84% or 0.245 points to trade at 8.390 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HEL:NRE1V) declined 2.53% or 0.72 points to end at 27.74 and Metso Oyj (HEL:MEO1V) shed 1.73% or 0.43 points to 24.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 77 and 4 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.49% or 0.82 to $54.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.87% or 0.42 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.92% or 10.10 to trade at $1084.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0978, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7080.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 97.38.