Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 1.23% or 0.30 points to trade at 24.62 at the close. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) fell 0.36% or 0.12 points to end at 33.21 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) was down 0.59% or 0.08 points to 13.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 5.09% or 0.182 points to trade at 3.396 in late trade. Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) declined 3.68% or 0.96 points to end at 25.14 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 3.63% or 1.22 points to 32.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 52 and 1 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.42% or 1.13 to $45.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.66% or 1.14 to hit $41.79 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.10 to trade at $1080.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0801, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.7097.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 98.69.