Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 0.53% or 0.12 points to trade at 22.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 0.35% or 0.12 points to end at 34.04 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was up 0.32% or 0.15 points to 47.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 1.77% or 0.1460 points to trade at 8.1180 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) declined 1.70% or 0.12 points to end at 6.64 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was down 1.42% or 0.200 points to 13.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 98 to 39 and 18 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 1.04% or 0.72 to $68.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.59% or 1.04 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1338.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2406, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.02.