Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which rose 0.88% or 0.042 points to trade at 4.835 at the close. Meanwhile, Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 0.83% or 0.060 points to end at 7.320 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 0.40% or 0.14 points to 35.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which fell 4.64% or 2.09 points to trade at 42.96 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 1.39% or 0.38 points to end at 26.93 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was down 1.22% or 0.44 points to 35.49.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 71 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 1.13% or 0.76 to $66.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.89 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 16.70 to trade at $1316.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 90.29.