Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 5.17% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 2.18% or 0.122 points to end at 5.722 and Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 1.86% or 0.170 points to 9.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which fell 0.54% or 0.085 points to trade at 15.765 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.44% or 0.32 points to end at 72.36 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.34% or 0.16 points to 47.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 86 to 58 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.92% or 0.73 to $78.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.54% or 0.38 to hit $70.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1209.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1751, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 93.67.