Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 1.51% or 0.25 points to trade at 16.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.71% or 0.16 points to end at 22.84 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was up 0.65% or 0.17 points to 26.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 0.93% or 0.50 points to trade at 53.55 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 0.58% or 0.19 points to end at 32.77 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was down 0.56% or 0.040 points to 7.115.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 78 to 62 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.11% or 0.07 to $64.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.30 to trade at $1278.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1847, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.96.