Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.91% or 0.190 points to trade at 6.730 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 2.71% or 0.150 points to end at 5.690 and Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 2.31% or 0.250 points to 11.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which lost 3.49% or 0.59 points to trade at 16.31 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.28% or 0.1100 points to end at 8.4900 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 1.10% or 0.44 points to 39.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 71 to 61 and 23 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $56.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.44% or 18.91 to trade at $1297.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1938, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.00.