Finland Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials, and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.30%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were:
– UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM): rose 0.89% or 0.23 points to trade at 26.13 at the close.
– Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM): added 0.86% or 0.12 points to end at 14.16.
– Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI): up 0.84% or 0.09 points to 10.77 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV): fell 7.31% or 4.24 points to trade at 53.76.
– Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA): declined 4.16% or 2.75 points to end at 63.35.
– Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV): down 1.79% or 0.81 points to 44.54.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 88 to 80, and 21 ended unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for January delivery was down 1.49% or 1.08 to $71.48 a barrel.
• Crude oil for December delivery fell 1.70% or 1.17 to $67.53 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 7.55 to trade at $2,565.35 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.06.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.54% to 0.84.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.51.