Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which rose 0.61% or 0.16 points to trade at 26.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.29% or 0.014 points to end at 4.816 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 0.13% or 0.05 points to 37.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.94% or 0.2800 points to trade at 9.2350 at the close. Konecranes Abp (HE:KCRA) declined 2.52% or 0.86 points to end at 33.33 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 2.30% or 1.07 points to 45.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 110 to 32 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) rose to 3-years highs; rising 0.13% or 0.05 to 37.39.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.69% or 0.39 to $56.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.05 to trade at $1258.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.89.