Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which rose 0.53% or 0.20 points to trade at 38.15 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 0.24% or 0.015 points to end at 6.195 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 0.05% or 0.01 points to 21.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 3.74% or 0.3400 points to trade at 8.7550 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 2.67% or 0.76 points to end at 27.70 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 1.82% or 0.12 points to 6.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 49 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.96% or 0.53 to $54.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.61% or 0.32 to hit $52.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1291.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.0699, while EUR/GBP fell 1.02% to 0.8383.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 99.70.