Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms , Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HE: NOKIA ), which rose 2.47% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank Abp (HE: NDAFI ) added 1.79% or 0.19 points to end at 11.10 and TietoEVRY Corp (HE: TIETO ) was up 1.34% or 0.23 points to 17.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Neste Oyj (HE: NESTE ), which fell 2.33% or 0.32 points to trade at 13.22 at the close. Kojamo (HE: KOJAMO ) declined 2.21% or 0.22 points to end at 9.51 and KONE Oyj (HE: KNEBV ) 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.