Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 3.58% or 0.550 points to trade at 15.925 at the close. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 2.24% or 0.65 points to end at 29.70 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was up 1.72% or 0.75 points to 44.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which lost 4.40% or 1.69 points to trade at 36.68 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 1.12% or 0.62 points to end at 54.92 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) shed 0.68% or 0.031 points to 4.509.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 48 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.94% or 0.68 to $72.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.40 to trade at $1349.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.2332, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.48.