Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.36% or 0.080 points to trade at 5.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 0.57% or 0.20 points to end at 35.50 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 0.50% or 0.020 points to 4.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 5.58% or 0.4250 points to trade at 7.1900 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 4.28% or 0.223 points to end at 4.992 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was down 2.23% or 0.60 points to 26.28.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 97 to 77 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 3.52% or 1.73 to $47.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.76% or 1.77 to hit $45.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1187.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0628, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 101.12.