Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which fell 0.22% or 0.020 points to trade at 8.965 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) fell 0.50% or 0.14 points to end at 27.66 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 0.68% or 0.035 points to 5.095 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 3.59% or 0.156 points to trade at 4.194 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 3.26% or 0.1800 points to end at 5.3450 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was down 2.32% or 0.190 points to 7.990.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 138 to 45 and 12 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 3.22% or 1.61 to $48.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.92% or 1.39 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.35 to trade at $1335.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8451.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 95.50.