Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.89% or 0.1400 points to trade at 7.5300 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 1.35% or 0.27 points to end at 20.29 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 1.22% or 0.046 points to 3.818 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which fell 1.91% or 0.72 points to trade at 36.88 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 1.76% or 0.115 points to end at 6.425 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was down 1.31% or 0.21 points to 15.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 102 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.40% or 0.25 to $61.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.08 to trade at $1277.82 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1794, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.77.