Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 5.81% or 1.88 points to trade at 34.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) added 2.34% or 1.26 points to end at 55.06 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 2.09% or 1.14 points to 55.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 15.00% or 1.2180 points to trade at 6.9000 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 2.59% or 0.103 points to end at 3.877 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was down 1.58% or 0.52 points to 32.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 79 to 59 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1339.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2429, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 88.88.