Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.92%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 0.20% or 0.07 points to trade at 34.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) fell 0.07% or 0.0020 points to end at 2.8280 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 0.71% or 0.18 points to 25.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 5.14% or 0.212 points to trade at 3.914 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 2.86% or 1.16 points to end at 39.41 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was down 2.84% or 0.96 points to 32.83.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 139 to 45 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 3.13% or 1.41 to $46.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.07% or 1.28 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.81% or 8.60 to trade at $1075.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.7071.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 99.62.