Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.98% or 0.1500 points to trade at 7.7400 at the close. Meanwhile, Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 1.67% or 0.51 points to end at 31.08 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 1.50% or 0.105 points to 7.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 1.30% or 0.70 points to trade at 53.35 at the close. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) declined 1.22% or 0.32 points to end at 25.91 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was down 1.20% or 0.20 points to 16.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 102 to 50 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.10% or 0.73 to $66.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.92% or 0.55 to hit $60.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.70 to trade at $1306.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2023, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 91.82.