Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 2.08% or 0.15 points to trade at 7.62 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 1.44% or 0.075 points to end at 5.285 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was up 1.26% or 0.35 points to 28.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 3.42% or 0.320 points to trade at 9.030 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 1.81% or 0.090 points to end at 4.872 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) shed 1.46% or 0.61 points to 41.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 79 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.34% or 0.71 to $52.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.21% or 0.62 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1258.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.1058, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.68% at 97.57.