Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 0.28% or 0.040 points to trade at 14.575 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 0.24% or 0.0160 points to end at 6.6600 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.10% or 0.05 points to 47.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 1.79% or 0.32 points to trade at 17.59 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.31% or 0.24 points to end at 18.05 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was down 1.15% or 0.44 points to 37.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 93 to 46 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 1.44% or 0.96 to $65.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.16% or 0.73 to hit $62.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.70 to trade at $1321.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.2210, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.50.