Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which fell 0.10% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Valmt (HE:VALMT) fell 0.12% or 0.02 points to end at 16.57 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was down 0.17% or 0.07 points to 41.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which fell 3.15% or 0.74 points to trade at 22.78 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.61% or 0.1400 points to end at 5.2300 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was down 2.55% or 0.245 points to 9.365.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 106 to 26 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 3.35% or 2.64 to $76.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.32% or 1.72 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.90 to trade at $1246.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 94.18.