Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 0.90% or 0.32 points to trade at 35.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 0.83% or 0.29 points to end at 35.34 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was up 0.16% or 0.06 points to 37.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 2.40% or 0.28 points to trade at 11.40 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 2.27% or 0.78 points to end at 33.59 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 2.13% or 0.086 points to 3.954.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 129 to 44 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.71% or 0.34 to $48.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.97% or 0.45 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.60% or 8.20 to trade at $1366.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1085, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.8564.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.23.