Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 3.11% or 0.2450 points to trade at 8.1350 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 3.02% or 0.170 points to end at 5.790 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 1.66% or 0.24 points to 14.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which fell 2.79% or 0.21 points to trade at 7.32 at the close. Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 1.82% or 0.200 points to end at 10.790 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 1.01% or 0.055 points to 5.370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 58 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.13% or 0.57 to $50.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.98 to trade at $1290.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.53.