Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.02% or 0.065 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.29% or 0.014 points to end at 4.778 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 41.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which fell 1.91% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.300 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 1.27% or 0.070 points to end at 5.450 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) was down 1.18% or 0.08 points to 6.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 81 to 53 and 20 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 1.55% or 0.88 to $55.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.49% or 0.81 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.75 to trade at $1234.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.