Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.66% or 0.1450 points to trade at 8.9000 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 1.46% or 0.62 points to end at 43.12 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.30% or 0.21 points to 16.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which lost 0.94% or 0.21 points to trade at 22.08 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 0.93% or 0.12 points to end at 12.79 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) shed 0.86% or 0.45 points to 51.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.57% or 0.86 to $54.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 0.80 to hit $51.61 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.10 to trade at $1284.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.70.