Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 0.57% or 0.0380 points to trade at 6.6980 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.40% or 0.10 points to end at 24.91 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.08% or 0.01 points to 18.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 3.12% or 0.256 points to trade at 7.944 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 2.33% or 0.88 points to end at 36.89 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 2.06% or 1.24 points to 59.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 110 to 33 and 12 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 1.48% or 0.96 to $63.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.18% or 0.73 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.70 to trade at $1311.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2209, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.63.