Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 5.26% or 0.285 points to trade at 5.705 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 4.59% or 0.190 points to end at 4.326 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 4.01% or 1.02 points to 26.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which lost 3.80% or 1.16 points to trade at 29.35 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) declined 2.53% or 0.38 points to end at 14.66 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 2.36% or 0.78 points to 32.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 58 and 7 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 1.06% or 0.49 to $45.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.28% or 0.58 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.80 to trade at $1267.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.0887, while EUR/GBP fell 1.26% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.81.