Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 1.53% or 0.54 points to trade at 35.93 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 1.36% or 0.48 points to end at 35.71 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 1.29% or 0.105 points to 8.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valmt (HE:VALMT), which lost 4.86% or 0.80 points to trade at 15.66 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 4.84% or 0.3060 points to end at 6.0200 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 4.72% or 1.34 points to 27.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 57 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 1.58% or 1.09 to $70.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.87% or 1.20 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.65% or 21.90 to trade at $1349.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.2363, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.04.