Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 0.61% or 0.11 points to trade at 18.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 0.48% or 0.17 points to end at 35.29 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 0.42% or 0.016 points to 3.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.69% or 0.1800 points to trade at 6.5200 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) declined 2.21% or 0.56 points to end at 24.80 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 1.71% or 0.140 points to 8.064.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 105 to 36 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.61% or 1.05 to $66.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.06% or 1.27 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1333.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.2341, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.63.