Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the declined 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the were Fortum Oyj (HE:), which rose 0.64% or 0.09 points to trade at 14.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank Abp (HE:) added 0.47% or 0.05 points to end at 10.72 and Elisa Oyj (HE:) was up 0.38% or 0.18 points to 47.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TietoEVRY Corp (HE:), which fell 8.18% or 1.59 points to trade at 17.84 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:) declined 4.46% or 0.51 points to end at 10.81 and Metso Oyj (HE:) was down 3.23% or 0.29 points to 8.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 106 to 55 and 27 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.51% or 0.38 to $74.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.29% or 33.75 to trade at $2,648.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.48.
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