Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare 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 Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V), which rose 0.58% or 0.060 points to trade at 10.390 at the close. Meanwhile, Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) added 0.46% or 0.18 points to end at 39.62 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 0.38% or 0.12 points to 31.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 2.83% or 0.48 points to trade at 16.49 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.35% or 0.1950 points to end at 8.1000 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was down 2.09% or 0.75 points to 35.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 87 to 53 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.79% or 0.51 to $63.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.46 to trade at $1275.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1582, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.85.