Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V), which rose 2.59% or 0.36 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 1.65% or 0.12 points to end at 7.08 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 1.56% or 0.49 points to 31.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which lost 1.87% or 0.87 points to trade at 45.69 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 1.17% or 0.050 points to end at 4.220 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) shed 0.03% or 0.01 points to 32.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 45 and 24 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.39% or 1.11 to $47.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.99% or 0.89 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.55 to trade at $1322.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.53.