Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 4.81% or 0.3400 points to trade at 7.4150 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 1.19% or 0.17 points to end at 14.47 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 1.09% or 0.34 points to 31.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which lost 3.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 7.54 in late trade. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) declined 1.20% or 0.28 points to end at 23.06 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) shed 1.09% or 0.38 points to 34.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 77 to 62 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.07% or 0.52 to $48.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.04% or 0.48 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 10.27 to trade at $1227.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1452, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 95.04.