Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.59% or 1.40 points to trade at 55.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 2.49% or 0.66 points to end at 27.16 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 2.13% or 0.36 points to 17.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which fell 1.66% or 0.155 points to trade at 9.200 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 1.36% or 0.49 points to end at 35.56 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was down 0.39% or 0.10 points to 25.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 64 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.99% or 0.73 to $74.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1347.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.