Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which rose 2.59% or 0.4800 points to trade at 19.0000 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 2.32% or 0.42 points to end at 18.50 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 2.03% or 0.64 points to 32.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which lost 0.36% or 0.14 points to trade at 38.32 in late trade. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) declined 0.03% or 0.01 points to end at 34.39 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) gained 0.14% or 0.05 points to 35.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 42 and 22 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.17% or 0.13 to $78.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.83% or 0.57 to hit $69.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 7.90 to trade at $1200.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1637, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.90.