Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 0.90% or 0.31 points to trade at 34.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) added 0.21% or 0.09 points to end at 43.35 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 0.09% or 0.02 points to 22.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 2.86% or 0.160 points to trade at 5.435 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.83% or 0.2800 points to end at 9.6150 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 2.34% or 1.10 points to 46.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 91 to 52 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.20% or 0.11 to $55.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1239.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.0616, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.