Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 3.77% or 0.255 points to trade at 7.015 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 2.63% or 0.170 points to end at 6.630 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was up 2.40% or 0.63 points to 26.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which lost 1.32% or 0.44 points to trade at 32.99 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.10% or 0.19 points to end at 17.09 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) shed 0.77% or 0.40 points to 51.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 64 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.25% or 0.79 to $62.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.65% or 0.37 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.70 to trade at $1249.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1766, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.86.