Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.97% or 0.1650 points to trade at 8.5350 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 1.29% or 0.10 points to end at 7.84 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 1.19% or 0.059 points to 5.025 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO), which lost 2.31% or 1.02 points to trade at 43.05 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 1.53% or 0.56 points to end at 36.08 and Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) shed 0.77% or 0.080 points to 10.330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 57 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.29% or 0.71 to $54.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.12% or 0.58 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.85 to trade at $1183.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0557, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8684.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 102.03.