Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V), which rose 2.50% or 0.94 points to trade at 38.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 2.21% or 0.56 points to end at 25.95 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 1.61% or 0.068 points to 4.288 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which fell 2.29% or 0.185 points to trade at 7.905 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.66% or 0.76 points to end at 44.93 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V) was down 1.11% or 0.21 points to 18.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 95 to 69 and 26 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.19% or 1.08 to $50.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.51% or 1.18 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1322.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1242, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8653.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.30.