Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 2.59% or 0.43 points to trade at 17.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 1.89% or 0.57 points to end at 30.75 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 0.75% or 0.19 points to 25.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V), which fell 4.79% or 2.90 points to trade at 57.60 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) declined 2.65% or 1.22 points to end at 44.88 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 2.64% or 0.2450 points to 9.0500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 87 to 56 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.22% or 0.13 to $58.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.07 to trade at $1280.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1810, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.