Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 3.69% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.900 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 2.11% or 0.96 points to end at 46.51 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 2.07% or 0.60 points to 29.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 3.78% or 1.93 points to trade at 49.07 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 0.69% or 0.0650 points to end at 9.3300 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) shed 0.64% or 0.14 points to 21.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 29 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $50.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.35 to trade at $1247.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.0785, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.53.