Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the rose 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:), which rose 2.56% or 0.16 points to trade at 6.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Neste Oyj (HE:) added 2.27% or 0.38 points to end at 17.15 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:) was up 2.00% or 0.68 points to 34.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmet Oyj (HE:), which fell 7.75% or 2.12 points to trade at 25.22 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:) declined 1.28% or 0.05 points to end at 4.00 and Qt Group Oyj (HE:) was down 0.45% or 0.40 points to 88.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 87 to 69 and 33 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.47% or 0.37 to $79.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.57% or 0.43 to hit $75.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.40% or 36.90 to trade at $2,676.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.68.
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