Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 17.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.46% or 0.12 points to end at 26.02 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.43% or 0.07 points to 16.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which fell 4.26% or 1.28 points to trade at 28.79 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 3.74% or 0.2180 points to end at 5.6160 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 2.71% or 1.52 points to 54.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 72 to 72 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.46% or 0.12 to 26.02.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.35% or 0.92 to $67.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.83% or 1.16 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1335.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.87.