Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.87% or 2.10 points to trade at 75.18 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 0.89% or 0.17 points to end at 19.18 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was up 0.78% or 0.037 points to 4.768 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which lost 3.40% or 0.295 points to trade at 8.390 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 3.01% or 1.05 points to end at 33.81 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) shed 2.91% or 0.81 points to 26.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 40 and 22 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.46% or 1.26 to $85.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.25% or 1.72 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1504, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.46.