Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 2.19% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 0.09% or 0.006 points to trade at 7.018 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) fell 0.50% or 0.022 points to end at 4.397 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was down 0.64% or 0.18 points to 27.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which fell 3.44% or 0.134 points to trade at 3.761 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 3.41% or 0.60 points to end at 16.99 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 3.39% or 1.57 points to 44.68.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 148 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.59% or 0.40 to $67.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.60 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 89.48.