Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 1.39% or 0.74 points to trade at 53.82 at the close. Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) added 0.39% or 0.16 points to end at 41.36 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 0.38% or 0.14 points to 37.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 4.79% or 0.1910 points to trade at 3.7930 in late trade. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 3.94% or 0.325 points to end at 7.925 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) shed 3.25% or 0.90 points to 26.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.92% or 0.65 to $70.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.07% or 0.65 to hit $60.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 17.10 to trade at $1209.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1328, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 96.77.