Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 5.24% or 0.1520 points to trade at 3.0500 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 2.24% or 0.12 points to end at 5.70 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 2.03% or 0.076 points to 3.828 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 2.67% or 0.86 points to trade at 31.35 in late trade. Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) declined 2.57% or 0.62 points to end at 23.54 and TeliaSonera AB (HE:TLS1V) shed 2.18% or 0.104 points to 4.664.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 81 and 4 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.64% or 0.30 to hit $46.36 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.99% or 11.50 to trade at $1176.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.7406.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 94.24.