Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 2.74% or 0.68 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Meanwhile, UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V) added 2.11% or 0.34 points to end at 16.47 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 1.16% or 0.38 points to 33.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which fell 7.27% or 2.21 points to trade at 28.20 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 6.76% or 0.2480 points to end at 3.4180 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was down 5.59% or 1.34 points to 22.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 103 to 74 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 2.44% or 1.02 to $40.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.16% or 1.31 to hit $40.14 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.96% or 24.50 to trade at $1224.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1182, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.7930.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 96.09.