Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 3.58% or 0.565 points to trade at 16.330 at the close. Meanwhile, DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) added 2.64% or 0.5000 points to end at 19.4600 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 2.06% or 0.118 points to 5.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which fell 2.14% or 0.76 points to trade at 34.78 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 0.70% or 0.21 points to end at 29.70 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 0.45% or 0.0240 points to 5.2940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 83 to 56 and 22 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.23% or 0.18 to $78.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.08% or 0.76 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 9.60 to trade at $1201.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1741, while EUR/GBP rose 1.19% to 0.8981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.86.