Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which rose 6.18% or 1.0500 points to trade at 18.0300 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 2.09% or 0.63 points to end at 30.77 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 2.05% or 0.61 points to 30.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 0.76% or 0.56 points to trade at 73.60 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 0.74% or 0.30 points to end at 40.04 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 0.12% or 0.0060 points to 5.1960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 86 to 62 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.69% or 0.49 to $71.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1185.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1376, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.