Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which fell 0.10% or 0.01 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) fell 0.12% or 0.02 points to end at 16.57 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was down 0.17% or 0.07 points to 41.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 3.15% or 0.74 points to trade at 22.78 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.61% or 0.1400 points to end at 5.2300 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 2.55% or 0.245 points to 9.365.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 26 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 3.30% or 2.60 to $76.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.28% or 1.69 to hit $72.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 8.80 to trade at $1246.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 94.18.