Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOKIA), which rose 1.34% or 0.080 points to trade at 6.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Sampo Oyj A (HEL:SAMAS) added 0.67% or 0.31 points to end at 46.51 and Valmt (HEL:VALMT) was up 0.39% or 0.04 points to 10.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HEL:OTE1V), which fell 1.76% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.595 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HEL:NESTE) declined 1.67% or 0.42 points to end at 24.72 and Metso Oyj (HEL:MEO1V) was down 1.30% or 0.32 points to 24.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 99 to 71 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.28% or 0.14 to $48.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $42.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 2.90 to trade at $1115.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1032, while EUR/GBP fell 0.86% to 0.7047.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 97.00.