Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 3.50% or 1.10 points to trade at 32.50 at the close. Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) added 1.89% or 0.88 points to end at 47.55 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was up 1.41% or 0.76 points to 54.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which lost 1.44% or 0.39 points to trade at 26.72 in late trade. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.31% or 0.59 points to end at 44.30 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 1.17% or 0.090 points to 7.580.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 57 and 10 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $69.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.80 to trade at $1335.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.33.