Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 1.22% or 0.58 points to trade at 48.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 0.90% or 0.33 points to end at 36.96 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.81% or 0.13 points to 16.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 0.90% or 0.060 points to trade at 6.630 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 0.53% or 0.16 points to end at 30.09 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.47% or 0.20 points to 42.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 70 to 67 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.22% or 0.14 to $63.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.45% or 0.84 to hit $58.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.52 to trade at $1287.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.