Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 4.45% or 0.290 points to trade at 6.805 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 1.57% or 0.75 points to end at 48.53 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 1.30% or 0.056 points to 4.348 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 2.58% or 0.2200 points to trade at 8.3150 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 1.42% or 0.56 points to end at 38.80 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 1.04% or 0.37 points to 35.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.35% or 0.21 to $60.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1278.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 1.87% to 0.8936.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.63.