Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.75%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oyj (HE: NESTE ), which rose 5.02% or 0.56 points to trade at 11.72 at the close. Meanwhile, UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE: UPM ) added 3.58% or 0.92 points to end at 26.64 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE: OUT1V ) was up 3.46% or 0.10 points to 2.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Konecranes ABP (HE: KCRA ), which fell 0.57% or 0.35 points to trade at 61.40 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE: CGCBV ) declined 0.35% or 0.18 points to end at 51.48 and Sampo Oyj A (HE: SAMPO ) was up 0.03% or 0.01 points to 39.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 124 to 54 and 13 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.93% or 0.68 to $73.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.02% or 0.71 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 20.34 to trade at $2,633.56 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 107.83.