Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which rose 0.21% or 0.06 points to trade at 29.23 at the close. DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) added 0.17% or 0.0300 points to end at 17.9900 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 0.17% or 0.05 points to 29.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 5.52% or 0.2120 points to trade at 3.6260 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 3.82% or 0.139 points to end at 3.495 and Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI) shed 3.39% or 0.268 points to 7.632.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 25 and 9 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 5.11% or 3.41 to $63.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.02% or 2.87 to hit $54.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1222.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 96.54.