Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 5.11% or 0.4150 points to trade at 8.5350 at the close. Meanwhile, Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 2.28% or 0.145 points to end at 6.515 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 2.16% or 0.36 points to 17.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which fell 1.68% or 0.36 points to trade at 21.01 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 0.67% or 0.31 points to end at 46.16 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.46% or 0.20 points to 43.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 90 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.32 to $60.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $54.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.36 to trade at $1276.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1628, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.60.