Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.05% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.46% or 0.06 points to trade at 4.16 at the close. Mandatum Oyj (HE:MANTA) added 0.93% or 0.04 points to end at 4.36 and TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO) was up 0.78% or 0.13 points to 16.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA), which lost 2.00% or 0.39 points to trade at 19.11 in late trade. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 0.89% or 0.42 points to end at 46.73 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 0.79% or 0.34 points to 42.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.29% or 0.93 to $73.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $70.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.99 to trade at $2,631.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 108.04.