Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which rose 16.25% or 4.80 points to trade at 34.33 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) added 1.23% or 0.27 points to end at 22.27 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 1.12% or 0.36 points to 32.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which lost 4.39% or 0.22 points to trade at 4.79 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 2.43% or 0.078 points to end at 3.130 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) shed 2.14% or 0.21 points to 9.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 83 and 5 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.73% or 0.84 to $49.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.30% or 0.60 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.51% or 5.90 to trade at $1141.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1021, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7135.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 96.89.