Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 2.26% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 0.56% or 0.040 points to end at 7.200 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 0.17% or 0.06 points to 35.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 4.34% or 0.1520 points to trade at 3.3500 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 3.34% or 0.116 points to end at 3.358 and Metso Oyj (HE:MEO1V) was down 2.88% or 0.59 points to 19.87.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 122 to 48 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) rose to all time highs; rising 0.17% or 0.06 to 35.59.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.92% or 0.45 to $48.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.83% or 0.40 to hit $47.79 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.72% or 21.95 to trade at $1252.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7671.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.28.