Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.21% or 0.164 points to trade at 7.578 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 1.32% or 0.175 points to end at 13.455 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 1.15% or 0.19 points to 17.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which lost 4.10% or 1.50 points to trade at 35.05 in late trade. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 3.11% or 0.81 points to end at 25.20 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 1.85% or 0.86 points to 45.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 57 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $62.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $59.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.60 to trade at $1330.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.2358, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 89.56.