Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.10% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 1.97% or 0.162 points to trade at 8.404 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 1.97% or 1.32 points to end at 68.44 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.06% or 0.17 points to 16.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 1.25% or 0.35 points to trade at 27.63 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.19% or 0.0700 points to end at 5.7960 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) shed 1.02% or 0.27 points to 26.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 63 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.38% or 0.30 to $79.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.