Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 1.68% or 0.245 points to trade at 14.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 1.47% or 0.42 points to end at 29.08 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 1.33% or 0.102 points to 7.746 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V), which fell 1.52% or 0.28 points to trade at 18.41 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 1.01% or 0.048 points to end at 4.708 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was down 0.88% or 0.16 points to 18.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 69 to 67 and 23 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $64.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2377, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.69.