Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 0.80% or 0.34 points to trade at 42.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 0.54% or 0.25 points to end at 46.76 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was up 0.42% or 0.17 points to 41.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which fell 5.42% or 1.42 points to trade at 24.79 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 3.76% or 1.11 points to end at 28.43 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was down 3.20% or 0.48 points to 14.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 71 to 68 and 12 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.20% or 0.10 to $50.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1248.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0808, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.44.