Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.30% or 0.41 points to trade at 31.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) added 1.18% or 0.110 points to end at 9.420 and YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) was up 0.44% or 0.03 points to 5.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.82% or 0.1460 points to trade at 5.0360 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 2.37% or 1.10 points to end at 45.25 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 1.77% or 0.70 points to 38.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 69 to 65 and 25 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.15% or 0.12 to $81.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 6.70 to trade at $1198.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1746, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8916.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.