Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 17.80 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.46% or 0.12 points to end at 26.02 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.43% or 0.07 points to 16.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which lost 4.26% or 1.28 points to trade at 28.79 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 3.74% or 0.2180 points to end at 5.6160 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) shed 2.71% or 1.52 points to 54.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 72 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.35% or 0.92 to $67.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.83% or 1.16 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1335.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.87.