Finland shares lower at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 down 0.75%

Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.75%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO), which rose 3.62% or 0.33 points to trade at 9.30 at the close. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) added 1.64% or 0.30 points to end at 18.55 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 1.21% or 0.70 points to 58.69 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 3.39% or 0.45 points to trade at 12.82 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 2.79% or 0.25 points to end at 8.84 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) shed 2.61% or 1.33 points to 49.63.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.68% or 2.03 to $73.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.08% or 2.23 to hit $70.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 13.20 to trade at $2,692.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 104.93.