Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which rose 0.76% or 0.038 points to trade at 5.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 0.71% or 0.070 points to end at 9.965 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.43% or 0.07 points to 16.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which fell 2.90% or 0.525 points to trade at 17.575 at the close. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 2.09% or 0.38 points to end at 17.79 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 2.04% or 1.44 points to 69.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 77 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.12% or 0.09 to $76.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1300.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.58.