Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 3.70% or 0.225 points to trade at 6.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 1.92% or 0.1750 points to end at 9.2900 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.56% or 0.23 points to 14.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which fell 10.27% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.11 at the close. Konecranes Abp (HE:KCRA) declined 1.67% or 0.56 points to end at 33.00 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 1.53% or 0.076 points to 4.886.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 66 to 64 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.59% or 0.32 to $54.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $51.29 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.15 to trade at $1249.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.