Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.24% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 3.31% or 0.2400 points to trade at 7.4850 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) added 1.80% or 0.78 points to end at 44.15 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 1.50% or 0.37 points to 25.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 2.55% or 0.150 points to trade at 5.725 in late trade. Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) declined 0.87% or 0.33 points to end at 37.41 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) shed 0.56% or 0.08 points to 14.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 50 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.42% or 0.23 to $53.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.37 to trade at $1251.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.34.