Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELI1V), which rose 1.23% or 0.42 points to trade at 34.59 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 0.52% or 0.17 points to end at 33.02 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMAS) was up 0.47% or 0.21 points to 44.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 5.14% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.510 in late trade. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 4.09% or 0.40 points to end at 9.38 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 2.47% or 0.12 points to 4.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 70 and 4 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.86% or 0.41 to $48.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.69% or 0.74 to hit $44.61 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.50 to trade at $1089.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.0691, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7078.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 99.47.