Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 1.94% or 0.55 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 1.31% or 0.20 points to end at 15.45 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) was up 0.48% or 0.04 points to 7.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which lost 1.81% or 0.200 points to trade at 10.840 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 1.64% or 0.60 points to end at 36.07 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) shed 1.62% or 0.105 points to 6.390.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 2.10% or 1.10 to $53.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.05% or 1.44 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 12.71 to trade at $1343.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1921, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.9152.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 92.23.