Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 1.94% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.03 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 1.33% or 0.40 points to end at 30.54 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 1.30% or 0.42 points to 32.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which lost 2.20% or 0.76 points to trade at 33.80 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 2.17% or 0.48 points to end at 21.59 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) shed 2.01% or 0.34 points to 16.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 52 and 23 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.09% or 1.70 to $83.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.79% or 1.29 to hit $73.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 8.70 to trade at $1196.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1619, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.65.