Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 4.71% or 1.00 points to trade at 22.23 at the close. Meanwhile, UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 2.38% or 0.60 points to end at 25.83 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 2.31% or 0.150 points to 6.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which fell 1.94% or 0.59 points to trade at 29.90 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 1.25% or 0.20 points to end at 15.78 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 1.17% or 0.60 points to 50.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.82% or 1.15 to $62.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.90% or 1.10 to hit $56.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.22 to trade at $1283.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1862, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.10.