Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 3.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 9.63% or 0.3140 points to trade at 3.5740 at the close. Meanwhile, Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 6.64% or 4.66 points to end at 74.80 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was up 5.76% or 1.50 points to 27.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which rose 0.06% or 0.0100 points to trade at 18.1300 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.08% or 0.03 points to end at 38.75 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.63% or 0.12 points to 19.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 128 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) rose to all time highs; rising 0.08% or 0.03 to 38.75.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.97% or 1.10 to $57.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.91% or 0.90 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.00 to trade at $1286.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1398, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.768.