Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 5.04% or 1.35 points to trade at 28.13 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 4.09% or 0.23 points to end at 5.72 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V) was up 2.77% or 0.46 points to 17.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which fell 2.16% or 0.51 points to trade at 23.06 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 1.34% or 0.41 points to end at 30.09 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELI1V) was down 0.75% or 0.25 points to 32.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 91 to 78 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.77% or 0.36 to $47.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.62% or 0.28 to hit $45.61 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.19% or 14.85 to trade at $1265.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1332, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.7764.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.89.