Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which rose 1.23% or 0.48 points to trade at 39.47 at the close. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) added 0.79% or 0.02 points to end at 2.41 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 0.34% or 0.03 points to 7.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 5.75% or 1.01 points to trade at 16.64 in late trade. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) declined 1.63% or 0.28 points to end at 16.60 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:TYRES) shed 1.18% or 0.09 points to 7.72.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 66 and 23 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.16% or 0.14 to $85.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 2.45 to trade at $2,344.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.82.