Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V), which rose 1.73% or 0.40 points to trade at 23.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 0.91% or 0.044 points to end at 4.894 and Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 0.65% or 0.050 points to 7.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V), which fell 3.02% or 0.69 points to trade at 22.14 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 2.87% or 1.01 points to end at 34.13 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 2.03% or 0.0940 points to 4.5440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 94 to 76 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1331.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1059, while EUR/GBP rose 1.15% to 0.8416.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 96.66.