Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 3.06% or 0.68 points to trade at 22.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 2.89% or 0.46 points to end at 16.39 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 2.63% or 0.86 points to 33.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which fell 0.93% or 0.34 points to trade at 36.36 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 0.89% or 0.45 points to end at 50.15 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) was down 0.67% or 0.05 points to 7.36.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 81 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.49% or 0.26 to $52.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $47.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.71 to trade at $1328.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1877, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.9160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.69.