Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.40% or 0.27 points to trade at 19.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 1.32% or 0.100 points to end at 7.700 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 0.43% or 0.11 points to 25.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 4.54% or 0.178 points to trade at 3.741 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 2.11% or 0.80 points to end at 37.08 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was down 1.86% or 0.52 points to 27.37.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 81 to 70 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.86% or 0.52 to 27.37.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.32% or 1.70 to $71.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.50% or 1.58 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1419, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.10.