Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nokia Oyj (HE:), which rose 2.47% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank Abp (HE:) added 1.79% or 0.19 points to end at 11.10 and TietoEVRY Corp (HE:) was up 1.34% or 0.23 points to 17.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oyj (HE:), which fell 2.33% or 0.32 points to trade at 13.22 at the close. Kojamo (HE:) declined 2.21% or 0.22 points to end at 9.51 and KONE Oyj (HE:) was down 0.92% or 0.46 points to 49.54.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 86 to 83 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $72.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 18.01 to trade at $2,658.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 105.84.
