Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE: STERV ), which rose 1.13% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Outokumpu Oyj (HE: OUT1V ) added 1.02% or 0.03 points to end at 3.38 and Kesko Oyj (HE: KESKOB ) was up 0.90% or 0.18 points to 20.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Neste Oyj (HE: NESTE ), which fell 3.00% or 0.30 points to trade at 9.56 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE: NOKIA ) declined 1.42% or 0.07 points to end at 4.57 and Orion Oyj B (HE: ORNBV ) was down 1.26% or 0.70 points to 54.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 83 to 79 and 28 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.80% or 0.53 to $66.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.74% or 0.47 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.87% or 60.74 to trade at $3,187.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.65.