Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 1.14% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 0.73% or 0.19 points to end at 26.30 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 0.62% or 0.23 points to 37.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which fell 1.50% or 0.064 points to trade at 4.204 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.25% or 0.23 points to end at 18.17 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 1.01% or 0.49 points to 48.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 58 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.62% or 0.23 to 37.50.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.74% or 0.47 to $63.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.93% or 0.53 to hit $56.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.45 to trade at $1276.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.34.