Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.08% or 0.72 points to trade at 35.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) fell 0.05% or 0.002 points to end at 3.870 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 0.17% or 0.07 points to 40.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 4.58% or 0.4500 points to trade at 9.3700 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 3.01% or 1.45 points to end at 46.69 and Konecranes Abp (HE:KCRA) was down 2.92% or 1.00 points to 33.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 117 to 24 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 1.28% or 0.66 to $50.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 0.75 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 12.45 to trade at $1246.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.0812, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 99.51.