Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.47% or 0.092 points to trade at 3.816 at the close. Meanwhile, Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) added 1.71% or 0.42 points to end at 24.95 and Kesko Oyj B (HE:KESBV) was up 1.35% or 0.50 points to 37.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which fell 1.20% or 0.105 points to trade at 8.660 at the close. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 1.18% or 0.050 points to end at 4.204 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was down 1.00% or 0.27 points to 26.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 92 to 77 and 22 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.85% or 0.95 to $52.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.59% or 0.80 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.30% or 16.15 to trade at $1263.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1402, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.7835.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 93.50.