Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELI1V), which rose 2.46% or 0.81 points to trade at 33.68 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 1.92% or 0.10 points to end at 5.57 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was up 1.23% or 0.51 points to 42.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V), which fell 1.55% or 0.24 points to trade at 15.20 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 1.36% or 0.075 points to end at 5.450 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was down 1.33% or 0.35 points to 25.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 86 to 83 and 23 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 2.33% or 1.02 to $42.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.87% or 1.19 to hit $40.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.82% or 10.00 to trade at $1236.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1300, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7943.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 94.59.