Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.33% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which rose 1.30% or 0.54 points to trade at 41.98 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 1.08% or 0.19 points to end at 17.75 and DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) was up 0.29% or 0.0500 points to 17.0700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which lost 3.76% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.12 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 3.74% or 1.04 points to end at 26.74 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) shed 3.69% or 0.71 points to 18.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 22 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 3.92% or 2.17 to $53.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.93% or 1.83 to hit $44.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.60 to trade at $1279.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.1433, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.9050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.113.