Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 0.92% or 0.30 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) added 0.47% or 0.07 points to end at 14.81 and Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 0.39% or 0.040 points to 10.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 6.88% or 0.6100 points to trade at 8.2500 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 2.48% or 0.112 points to end at 4.402 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 1.82% or 0.14 points to 7.83.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 35 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.80% or 0.99 to $56.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.51% or 0.79 to hit $53.04 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.55 to trade at $1201.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.0655, while EUR/GBP rose 0.78% to 0.8736.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 101.06.