Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 2.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 7.32% or 0.3980 points to trade at 5.8340 at the close. Meanwhile, Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 4.51% or 1.11 points to end at 25.72 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 3.87% or 0.266 points to 7.146 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which fell 0.57% or 0.10 points to trade at 17.55 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 0.52% or 0.24 points to end at 46.24 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 1.04% or 0.46 points to 44.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 103 to 41 and 14 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.56% or 0.38 to $68.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.