Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.21% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 5.40% or 1.41 points to trade at 27.54 at the close. Meanwhile, DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) added 4.93% or 0.8300 points to end at 17.6700 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 3.39% or 0.69 points to 21.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which fell 0.50% or 0.019 points to trade at 3.802 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) declined 0.46% or 0.18 points to end at 39.35 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was down 0.32% or 0.12 points to 37.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 104 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.03% or 0.64 to $62.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $53.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1316.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.023.