Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which rose 0.96% or 0.33 points to trade at 34.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 0.74% or 0.34 points to end at 46.14 and Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 0.53% or 0.045 points to 8.525 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 3.38% or 0.276 points to trade at 7.892 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.66% or 0.1520 points to end at 5.5620 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was down 2.19% or 0.092 points to 4.111.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 72 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 3.40% or 2.68 to $76.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.30% or 3.04 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1303.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.