Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.72% or 0.088 points to trade at 3.318 at the close. Meanwhile, Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 0.21% or 0.06 points to end at 29.05 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELI1V) was down 0.44% or 0.15 points to 34.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which fell 4.81% or 1.46 points to trade at 28.92 at the close. Kemira Oyj (HE:KRA1V) declined 3.82% or 0.39 points to end at 9.81 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 2.81% or 0.82 points to 28.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 106 to 67 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.82% or 0.33 to $40.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.63% or 0.24 to hit $38.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.62% or 7.60 to trade at $1236.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.7912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.55.