Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.42% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 9.69% or 2.87 points to trade at 32.50 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 4.76% or 0.88 points to end at 19.36 and DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) was up 3.18% or 0.5600 points to 18.1600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 4.00% or 0.1660 points to trade at 3.9830 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 3.40% or 0.65 points to end at 18.35 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) shed 2.52% or 0.71 points to 27.43.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 70 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.37% or 1.05 to $77.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.90% or 1.26 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1231.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.1393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.13.