Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 2.52% or 0.61 points to trade at 24.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 1.80% or 0.65 points to end at 36.70 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 1.73% or 0.43 points to 25.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which fell 3.42% or 1.23 points to trade at 34.72 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 2.34% or 1.34 points to end at 55.82 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was down 2.16% or 0.60 points to 27.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 88 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.50% or 1.04 to $68.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.78% or 1.16 to hit $64.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.16% or 15.60 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.