Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 0.83% or 0.15 points to trade at 18.13 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 0.36% or 0.17 points to end at 47.33 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 0.04% or 0.01 points to 23.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 2.52% or 1.46 points to trade at 56.58 in late trade. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) declined 2.08% or 0.300 points to end at 14.095 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 1.69% or 0.82 points to 47.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $69.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 15.90 to trade at $1352.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 89.15.