Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 2.18% or 0.220 points to trade at 10.330 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 1.66% or 0.60 points to end at 36.70 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was up 0.65% or 0.31 points to 48.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which lost 2.34% or 0.54 points to trade at 22.51 in late trade. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 2.22% or 0.94 points to end at 41.44 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 2.15% or 0.0720 points to 3.2810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 57 and 10 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.14% or 0.62 to $53.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $45.65 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.45 to trade at $1260.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.9000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 96.262.