Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 4.09% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 2.27% or 0.40 points to end at 18.05 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 2.00% or 0.080 points to 4.086 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.21% or 0.1600 points to trade at 7.0750 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 1.26% or 0.70 points to end at 54.85 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was down 0.83% or 0.26 points to 31.09.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 52 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valmt (HE:VALMT) rose to all time highs; up 2.27% or 0.40 to 18.05.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.28% or 0.61 to $48.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.11 to trade at $1216.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.66.