Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 2.18% or 0.82 points to trade at 38.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 1.65% or 0.54 points to end at 33.18 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 1.39% or 0.40 points to 29.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 3.13% or 0.46 points to trade at 14.22 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) declined 2.01% or 0.28 points to end at 13.66 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 0.62% or 0.0450 points to 7.2650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 122 to 62 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.84% or 0.39 to $47.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.83% or 0.38 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1225.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0657, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 100.66.