Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which rose 0.21% or 0.06 points to trade at 29.23 at the close. Meanwhile, DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) added 0.17% or 0.0300 points to end at 17.9900 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 0.17% or 0.05 points to 29.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 5.52% or 0.2120 points to trade at 3.6260 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 3.82% or 0.139 points to end at 3.495 and Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI) was down 3.39% or 0.268 points to 7.632.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 133 to 25 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 5.11% or 3.41 to $63.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.00% or 2.86 to hit $54.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1222.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 96.54.