Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 3.33% or 0.67 points to trade at 20.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.55% or 0.02 points to end at 3.76 and Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI) was up 0.52% or 0.06 points to 10.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO), which fell 2.19% or 0.21 points to trade at 9.40 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 2.09% or 0.99 points to end at 46.18 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was down 1.65% or 0.51 points to 30.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 106 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 1.73% or 1.39 to $78.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.98% or 1.53 to hit $75.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 8.00 to trade at $2,547.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.66.