Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which rose 2.91% or 0.82 points to trade at 29.02 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) added 1.41% or 0.59 points to end at 42.39 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 0.13% or 0.05 points to 38.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which lost 5.16% or 1.99 points to trade at 36.55 in late trade. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 3.98% or 0.59 points to end at 14.22 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) shed 3.06% or 0.174 points to 5.508.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 56 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.49% or 0.30 to $61.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.27% or 0.69 to hit $54.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.45 to trade at $1324.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.312.