Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which rose 8.31% or 0.306 points to trade at 3.988 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 2.42% or 0.115 points to end at 4.863 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was up 1.23% or 0.23 points to 18.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which fell 6.52% or 3.04 points to trade at 43.62 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 1.57% or 0.27 points to end at 16.97 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 1.23% or 0.68 points to 54.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 77 to 65 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $73.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 10.00 to trade at $1338.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 90.07.