Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which rose 0.57% or 0.19 points to trade at 33.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 0.42% or 0.11 points to end at 26.61 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 0.37% or 0.020 points to 5.395 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 1.87% or 0.105 points to trade at 5.520 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 1.03% or 0.38 points to end at 36.40 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was down 0.87% or 0.36 points to 41.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 54 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.28% or 0.14 to $50.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.25 to trade at $1279.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9123.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.