Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which rose 4.47% or 0.169 points to trade at 3.949 at the close. Meanwhile, Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 2.54% or 0.185 points to end at 7.480 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was up 2.04% or 0.1640 points to 8.2080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which fell 0.54% or 0.021 points to trade at 3.875 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 0.25% or 0.14 points to end at 55.66 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was down 0.18% or 0.10 points to 54.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 82 to 51 and 22 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $70.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.87% or 0.57 to hit $66.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 10.40 to trade at $1352.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.2426, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.