Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 4.07% or 1.86 points to trade at 47.58 at the close. Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) added 2.65% or 0.94 points to end at 36.46 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 2.23% or 0.64 points to 29.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which lost 0.99% or 0.18 points to trade at 17.95 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.72% or 0.42 points to end at 57.82 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 0.69% or 0.20 points to 28.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 57 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.48% or 0.31 to $65.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.52% or 0.32 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.90 to trade at $1317.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2320, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.03.