Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 2.28% or 0.42 points to trade at 18.82 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) added 1.47% or 0.08 points to end at 5.51 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 1.34% or 0.43 points to 32.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.16% or 0.1120 points to trade at 5.0840 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.95% or 0.70 points to end at 72.90 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.83% or 0.41 points to 48.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 76 to 63 and 22 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.48% or 0.34 to $71.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1185.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.