Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 0.04% or 0.02 points to trade at 50.52 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) fell 0.05% or 0.004 points to end at 8.298 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was down 0.25% or 0.04 points to 16.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 2.96% or 2.08 points to trade at 68.24 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 2.82% or 0.1720 points to end at 5.9380 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) shed 2.28% or 0.73 points to 31.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 39 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.45% or 0.36 to $79.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.73% or 0.53 to hit $71.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1700, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.94.