Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 3.37% or 0.85 points to trade at 26.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 3.20% or 1.01 points to end at 32.54 and YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) was up 2.53% or 0.17 points to 6.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which fell 1.90% or 0.91 points to trade at 47.07 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 1.21% or 0.70 points to end at 57.32 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was down 0.26% or 0.09 points to 34.63.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 90 to 49 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.54% or 0.34 to $63.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 20.30 to trade at $1350.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.2403, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 89.20.