Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.57% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 4.23% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.62 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) added 2.24% or 0.31 points to end at 14.16 and Kemira Oyj (HE:KRA1V) was up 1.67% or 0.19 points to 11.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 3.24% or 0.132 points to trade at 3.946 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.14% or 0.0620 points to end at 2.8400 and Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) shed 1.07% or 0.25 points to 23.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 80 and 3 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.91% or 1.29 to $43.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.49% or 1.46 to hit $40.39 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.21% or 12.90 to trade at $1050.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.0563, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7081.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 100.44.