Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 1.24% or 0.135 points to trade at 11.025 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 1.20% or 0.40 points to end at 33.71 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.82% or 0.31 points to 38.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which lost 2.40% or 0.60 points to trade at 24.43 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.67% or 0.0650 points to end at 3.8350 and YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) shed 1.05% or 0.06 points to 5.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 68 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $61.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $52.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1289.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1510, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.9022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 95.037.