Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.11% or 0.1080 points to trade at 5.2300 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 1.37% or 0.065 points to end at 4.801 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 1.09% or 0.80 points to 74.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 2.71% or 0.182 points to trade at 6.522 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 2.55% or 0.48 points to end at 18.37 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was down 2.08% or 0.66 points to 31.09.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 64 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.91% or 1.43 to $76.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.84% or 1.25 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.63% or 19.50 to trade at $1213.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9042.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 95.00.