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 added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:), which rose 2.79% or 0.83 points to trade at 30.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Neste Oyj (HE:) added 2.46% or 0.42 points to end at 17.26 and Metso Oyj (HE:) was up 2.17% or 0.21 points to 9.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KONE Oyj (HE:), which fell 1.03% or 0.54 points to trade at 52.00 at the close. Kojamo (HE:) declined 0.59% or 0.06 points to end at 10.19 and Qt Group Oyj (HE:) was down 0.44% or 0.40 points to 90.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 101 to 66 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.35% or 1.05 to $78.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.55% or 1.14 to hit $74.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 5.55 to trade at $2,673.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.47% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 102.36.
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