Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which rose 1.96% or 0.75 points to trade at 38.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Kesko Oyj B (HE:KESBV) added 1.24% or 0.48 points to end at 39.26 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.84% or 0.27 points to 32.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 4.86% or 0.2650 points to trade at 5.1850 at the close. Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) declined 2.47% or 0.71 points to end at 28.00 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 2.12% or 0.086 points to 3.978.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 111 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.36 to $49.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $47.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1325.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1279, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 94.74.