Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.10% or 0.090 points to trade at 8.245 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.80% or 0.20 points to end at 25.27 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.26% or 0.04 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which lost 3.21% or 1.13 points to trade at 34.11 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 3.02% or 0.260 points to end at 8.345 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 2.29% or 0.57 points to 24.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 52 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $68.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.81% or 0.51 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.70 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.