Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.79% or 0.186 points to trade at 6.864 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 2.51% or 0.1280 points to end at 5.2200 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 1.21% or 0.24 points to 20.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which fell 0.81% or 0.28 points to trade at 34.42 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 0.56% or 0.24 points to end at 42.96 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 0.55% or 0.24 points to 43.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 70 to 60 and 28 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 2.25% or 1.71 to $77.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.46% or 2.44 to hit $72.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1256.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1583, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 94.82.