Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 1.03% or 0.47 points to trade at 46.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 0.61% or 0.35 points to end at 57.60 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 0.51% or 0.23 points to 45.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 4.19% or 0.3100 points to trade at 7.0800 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 2.65% or 0.99 points to end at 36.38 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 2.19% or 0.130 points to 5.815.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 55 and 16 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 2.62% or 1.37 to $50.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.60% or 1.29 to hit $48.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.24 to trade at $1267.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1231, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 96.96.