Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 7.16% or 1.58 points to trade at 23.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 3.75% or 0.2600 points to end at 7.1900 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 3.10% or 0.165 points to 5.485 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 11.27% or 0.675 points to trade at 5.315 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 6.39% or 1.14 points to end at 16.69 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) was down 3.06% or 1.19 points to 37.76.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 55 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.20% or 0.61 to $51.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.90% or 0.44 to hit $49.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.44 to trade at $1256.84 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8924.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.