Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 4.22% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 3.01% or 0.65 points to end at 22.21 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 1.71% or 0.85 points to 50.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which fell 0.09% or 0.010 points to trade at 11.040 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 0.06% or 0.02 points to end at 35.51 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 0.48% or 0.21 points to 44.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 96 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 3.59% or 1.82 to $52.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.57% or 1.18 to hit $47.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.24 to trade at $1323.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.82.