Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 3.10% or 0.104 points to trade at 3.458 at the close. Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) added 3.01% or 0.64 points to end at 21.92 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) was up 2.11% or 0.28 points to 13.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 5.99% or 0.570 points to trade at 8.945 in late trade. Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) declined 3.81% or 0.93 points to end at 23.50 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) shed 1.06% or 0.085 points to 7.940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 60 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.72% or 0.30 to $41.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.20 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.00 to trade at $1254.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7781.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.04.