Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 0.69% or 0.04 points to trade at 6.58 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 0.16% or 0.03 points to end at 18.36 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was down 0.53% or 0.13 points to 24.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valmt (HE:VALMT), which lost 6.26% or 1.10 points to trade at 16.46 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 5.46% or 0.430 points to end at 7.452 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) shed 2.74% or 0.71 points to 25.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 29 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.68% or 0.47 to $69.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.17% or 0.76 to hit $64.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 6.00 to trade at $1327.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.46.