Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 3.46% or 1.17 points to trade at 34.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 1.12% or 0.30 points to end at 27.14 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was up 0.91% or 0.0340 points to 3.7510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which fell 3.84% or 0.275 points to trade at 6.885 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 3.24% or 0.121 points to end at 3.617 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was down 2.32% or 0.63 points to 26.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 88 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 1.80% or 1.18 to $66.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.67% or 0.93 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1203.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1313, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8707.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.85.