Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 0.68% or 0.10 points to trade at 14.71 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 0.65% or 0.24 points to end at 37.34 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 0.53% or 0.020 points to 3.804 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which lost 2.49% or 0.160 points to trade at 6.260 in late trade. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) declined 1.49% or 0.34 points to end at 22.50 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 1.45% or 0.1400 points to 9.5150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.36% or 0.76 to $56.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.66% or 0.89 to hit $54.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.36% or 16.75 to trade at $1250.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 101.00.