Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 6.66% or 0.192 points to trade at 3.074 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 4.05% or 0.196 points to end at 5.030 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 2.41% or 0.45 points to 19.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which fell 0.81% or 0.34 points to trade at 41.64 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) declined 0.30% or 0.030 points to end at 10.085 and YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) was down 0.29% or 0.01 points to 5.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 121 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.30% or 0.030 to 10.085.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.59% or 0.31 to $53.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.39% or 0.62 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1281.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.933.