Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 2.25% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO), which fell 0.36% or 0.04 points to trade at 9.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) fell 0.68% or 0.41 points to end at 59.70 and TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO) was down 0.75% or 0.13 points to 17.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmet Oyj (HE:VALMT), which fell 4.32% or 1.04 points to trade at 23.01 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 4.25% or 0.37 points to end at 8.43 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was down 4.20% or 1.93 points to 44.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 143 to 34 and 12 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.47% or 0.34 to $72.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 14.00 to trade at $2,603.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.56% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.02.