Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 0.69% or 0.04 points to trade at 6.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 0.16% or 0.03 points to end at 18.36 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was down 0.53% or 0.13 points to 24.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 6.26% or 1.10 points to trade at 16.46 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 5.46% or 0.430 points to end at 7.452 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was down 2.74% or 0.71 points to 25.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 110 to 29 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.66% or 0.46 to $69.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.15% or 0.75 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 6.00 to trade at $1327.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.46.