Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.16% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 0.39% or 0.20 points to end at 51.80 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.11% or 0.04 points to 36.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which fell 3.47% or 0.82 points to trade at 22.84 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 2.05% or 0.110 points to end at 5.260 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was down 1.85% or 0.62 points to 32.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 107 to 25 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 2.84% or 1.45 to $52.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.61% or 1.23 to hit $48.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.63 to trade at $1293.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1750, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.43.