Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 4.61% or 0.216 points to trade at 4.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 4.55% or 1.75 points to end at 40.25 and Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) was up 3.96% or 0.92 points to 24.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 2.61% or 0.83 points to trade at 30.91 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 1.74% or 0.59 points to end at 33.37 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was down 1.19% or 0.095 points to 7.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 89 to 83 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.55% or 1.75 to 40.25.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.65% or 0.78 to $46.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.84% or 0.84 to hit $44.91 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.88% or 11.55 to trade at $1330.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1011, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8334.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.02.