# OMX Helsinki 25

OMX Helsinki 25 (OMXH25, formerly HEX25) is a stock market index for the 25 most traded stocks on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange. It is a price return and capitalization-weighted index. The maximum weight for a single stock is limited to 10 percent.
The OMXH25 index started on 4 March 1988 with a base value of 500. It is reconstituted semi-annually on the first trading day in February and August and rebalanced quarterly in February, May, August and November. The original name of the index was HEX25, but following the merger of Optionsmäklarna (OM AB) and Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX Plc), it was changed to OMXH25 on 15 November 2004.
On 30 June 2014, Nasdaq launched a total return version of the OMX Helsinki 25 index, the OMX Helsinki 25 Gross Index (OMXH25GI). Unlike the regular OMXH25 index, the OMXH25GI includes reinvested dividends.

## Components

As of February 2025, the index is composed of the following 25 listings.
| Company | Symbol | GICS sector |
| Cargotec | CGCBV | Industrials |
| Elisa | ELISA | Communication Services |
| Fortum | FORTUM | Utilities |
| Huhtamäki | HUH1V | Industrials |
| Kalmar [fi] B | KALMAR | Industrials |
| Kemira | KEMIRA | Materials |
| Kesko B | KESKOB | Consumer Staples |
| Kojamo [fi] | KOJAMO | Real Estate |
| KONE | KNEBV | Industrials |
| Konecranes | KCR | Industrials |
| Mandatum [fi] | MANTA | Financials |
| Metso | METSO | Industrials |
| Neste | NESTE | Energy |
| Nokia | NOKIA | Information Technology |
| Nokian Tyres | TYRES | Consumer Discretionary |
| Nordea | NDA FI | Financials |
| Orion | ORNBV | Health Care |
| Outokumpu | OUT1V | Materials |
| Qt Group | QTCOM | Information Technology |
| Sampo A | SAMPO | Financials |
| Stora Enso R | STERV | Materials |
| TietoEVRY | TIETO | Information Technology |
| UPM-Kymmene | UPM | Materials |
| Valmet | VALMT | Industrials |
| Wärtsilä | WRT1V | Industrials |

## Annual returns

The following table shows the annual development of the OMX Helsinki 25 since 1988.
| Year | Closing level | Change in index | Change in index |
| Year | Closing level | points | percent |
| 1988 | 696.16 | | |
| 1989 | 563.46 | −132.70 | −19.06 % |
| 1990 | 370.48 | −192.98 | −34.25 % |
| 1991 | 301.17 | −69.31 | −18.71 % |
| 1992 | 313.31 | 12.14 | 4.03 % |
| 1993 | 602.59 | 289.28 | 92.33 % |
| 1994 | 687.68 | 85.09 | 14.12 % |
| 1995 | 623.87 | −63.81 | −9.28 % |
| 1996 | 863.69 | 239.82 | 38.44 % |
| 1997 | 1,131.33 | 267.64 | 30.99 % |
| 1998 | 1,486.97 | 355.64 | 31.44 % |
| 1999 | 3,222.83 | 1,735.86 | 116.74 % |
| 2000 | 2,321.51 | −901.32 | −27.97 % |
| 2001 | 1,600.99 | −720.52 | −31.04 % |
| 2002 | 1,293.16 | −307.83 | −19.23 % |
| 2003 | 1,530.98 | 237.82 | 18.39 % |
| 2004 | 1,830.98 | 300.00 | 19.60 % |
| 2005 | 2,301.26 | 470.28 | 25.68 % |
| 2006 | 2,910.49 | 609.23 | 26.47 % |
| 2007 | 3,010.11 | 99.62 | 3.42 % |
| 2008 | 1,515.65 | −1,494.46 | −49.65 % |
| 2009 | 2,032.59 | 516.94 | 34.11 % |
| 2010 | 2,628.48 | 595.89 | 29.32 % |
| 2011 | 1,942.06 | −686.42 | −26.11 % |
| 2012 | 2,210.02 | 267.96 | 13.80 % |
| 2013 | 2,835.17 | 625.15 | 28.29 % |
| 2014 | 2,988.08 | 152.91 | 5.39 % |
| 2015 | 3,359.38 | 371.30 | 12.43 % |
| 2016 | 3,680.08 | 320.70 | 9.55 % |
| 2017 | 3,917.97 | 237.89 | 6.46 % |
| 2018 | 3,685.16 | −232.81 | −5.94 % |
| 2019 | 4,221.98 | 536.82 | 14.57 % |
| 2020 | 4,586.15 | 364.17 | 8.63 % |
| 2021 | 5,571.97 | 985.82 | 21.50 % |
| 2022 | 4,825.44 | −746.53 | −13.40 % |
| 2023 | 4,509.09 | −316.35 | −6.56 % |
| 2024 | 4,315.87 | −193.22 | −4.29 % |