Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which rose 2.22% or 0.4000 points to trade at 18.4100 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 1.67% or 0.42 points to end at 25.58 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 1.67% or 1.18 points to 71.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which fell 1.30% or 0.090 points to trade at 6.855 at the close. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 0.40% or 0.06 points to end at 14.80 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 0.25% or 0.11 points to 43.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 64 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.44% or 0.29 to $66.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.60% or 0.34 to hit $56.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.94% or 23.30 to trade at $1222.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.1418, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 96.28.