Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 6.63% or 0.262 points to trade at 4.216 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 2.31% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.9900 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) was up 2.21% or 0.31 points to 14.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 0.35% or 0.11 points to trade at 31.59 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) declined 0.24% or 0.09 points to end at 37.29 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 37.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 127 to 44 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 3.07% or 1.50 to $47.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.06% or 1.45 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 7.15 to trade at $1359.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1066, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8565.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.28.