Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 2.52% or 0.61 points to trade at 24.78 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 1.80% or 0.65 points to end at 36.70 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 1.73% or 0.43 points to 25.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which lost 3.42% or 1.23 points to trade at 34.72 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 2.34% or 1.34 points to end at 55.82 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 2.16% or 0.60 points to 27.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.50% or 1.04 to $68.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.78% or 1.16 to hit $64.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.16% or 15.60 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.