Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HEL:NESTE), which rose 3.31% or 0.75 points to trade at 23.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HEL:TIE1V) added 1.37% or 0.29 points to end at 21.44 and Valmt (HEL:VALMT) was up 1.35% or 0.14 points to 10.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HEL:OTE1V), which fell 1.29% or 0.080 points to trade at 6.130 at the close. YIT Oyj (HEL:YTY1V) declined 1.09% or 0.07 points to end at 6.80 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HEL:NRE1V) was down 0.48% or 0.14 points to 29.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 86 to 80 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $63.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.17 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1172.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1144, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7084.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.80.