Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 3.75% or 0.72 points to trade at 19.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 3.67% or 0.13 points to end at 3.73 and TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO) was up 2.03% or 0.37 points to 18.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO), which fell 5.94% or 0.58 points to trade at 9.18 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.25% or 0.58 points to end at 45.92 and Mandatum Oyj (HE:MANTA) was down 0.60% or 0.03 points to 4.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 117 to 50 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.92% or 1.53 to $81.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.90% or 1.46 to hit $78.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 16.85 to trade at $2,496.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.73.