Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kemira Oyj (HEL:KRA1V), which rose 4.14% or 0.45 points to trade at 11.31 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HEL:YTY1V) added 1.89% or 0.13 points to end at 7.02 and Tieto Oyj (HEL:TIE1V) was up 1.37% or 0.31 points to 22.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V), which fell 4.59% or 0.1900 points to trade at 3.9500 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HEL:STERV) declined 2.71% or 0.245 points to end at 8.800 and KONE Oyj (HEL:KNEBV) was down 2.63% or 1.00 points to 37.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 105 to 60 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.96% or 0.55 to $56.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.97% or 1.00 to hit $49.86 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.05% or 11.60 to trade at $1091.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.0884, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.6981.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 97.87.