Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 4.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.92 at the close. Meanwhile, KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) added 2.74% or 1.24 points to end at 46.49 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 2.41% or 0.114 points to 4.845 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 0.28% or 0.20 points to trade at 72.52 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 0.16% or 0.0080 points to end at 5.0440 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 0.26% or 0.09 points to 35.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 0.61% or 0.49 to $81.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.68% or 0.49 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 11.00 to trade at $1188.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1678, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 94.39.