Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.40% or 0.085 points to trade at 6.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) added 0.59% or 0.08 points to end at 13.69 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 0.15% or 0.05 points to 34.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 1.70% or 0.1250 points to trade at 7.2100 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 1.65% or 0.64 points to end at 38.06 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 1.60% or 0.064 points to 3.938.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 121 to 62 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $54.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.43% or 0.22 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.82% or 9.60 to trade at $1179.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0678, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8417.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 100.75.