Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 0.80% or 0.056 points to trade at 7.086 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.38% or 0.10 points to end at 26.22 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.32% or 0.06 points to 17.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which lost 4.72% or 1.64 points to trade at 33.07 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 4.45% or 0.170 points to end at 3.651 and YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) shed 2.97% or 0.20 points to 6.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 42 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.51% or 1.07 to $72.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.35 to hit $66.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.80 to trade at $1361.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2381, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.14.