Finland's equity market closed lower on Thursday as sector-level pressure in Telecoms, Utilities and Healthcare pushed the benchmark down.
At the end of trading in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 was down 1.10%.
The session's top performer on the OMX Helsinki 25 was Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which climbed 9.23% - a rise of 2.08 points - to finish at 24.61. That move took Neste to a 52-week high, with the stock up 9.23% or 2.08 to 24.61.
Other gains in the index included TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO), which added 1.61% or 0.30 points to close at 18.96, and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 1.58% or 0.68 points to end the session at 43.80.
On the downside, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was the weakest performer among the group, sliding 4.52% or 0.32 points to finish at 6.71. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 2.84% or 0.98 points to 33.58, and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) fell 2.05% or 1.40 points to close at 66.75.
Market breadth in Helsinki was tilted to the downside, with 110 stocks falling, 63 advancing and 18 finishing unchanged.
Commodities moved unevenly during the session: Brent oil for May delivery rose 3.57% or 2.91 to $84.31 a barrel, while crude oil for April delivery gained 6.00% or 4.48 to reach $79.14 a barrel. In contrast, the April Gold Futures contract declined 0.93% or 47.81 to trade at $5,086.89 a troy ounce.
Foreign exchange indicators were mixed. The report shows EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.87. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 99.21.
The session highlighted a split between energy-linked commodity strength and weakness across several large-cap Finnish stocks, leaving the benchmark lower by 1.10% at the close.