Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 4.84% or 0.1620 points to trade at 3.5120 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 3.65% or 0.21 points to end at 6.10 and Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) was up 3.07% or 0.61 points to 20.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V), which lost 0.79% or 0.18 points to trade at 22.53 in late trade. Kemira Oyj (HE:KRA1V) added 0.09% or 0.01 points to end at 10.70 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V) gained 0.60% or 0.10 points to 16.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 48 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $48.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.55 to trade at $1251.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP rose 0.77% to 0.7727.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.42.