Finland stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 up 0.12%

Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV ), which rose 4.55% or 2.43 points to trade at 55.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V ) added 2.64% or 0.46 points to end at 17.91 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V ) was up 2.54% or 0.08 points to 3.39 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM ), which fell 2.21% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.71 at the close. Qt Group Oyj (HE:QTCOM ) declined 1.81% or 1.30 points to end at 70.60 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV ) was down 1.81% or 0.79 points to 42.96.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 85 to 83 and 21 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.50% or 1.08 to $73.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.98% or 1.36 to hit $69.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 34.79 to trade at $2,753.19 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 106.22.

Source: Investing.com