Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 2.03% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which rose 4.86% or 2.03 points to trade at 43.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 4.42% or 0.182 points to end at 4.302 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 4.24% or 0.148 points to 3.638 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 0.90% or 0.13 points to trade at 14.33 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) declined 0.37% or 0.05 points to end at 13.64 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 0.22% or 0.09 points to 41.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 132 to 55 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.17% or 0.63 to $53.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.59% or 0.81 to hit $50.12 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.15 to trade at $1178.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.0753, while EUR/GBP rose 0.95% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.28.