Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 3.16% or 0.55 points to trade at 17.97 at the close. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 1.60% or 0.36 points to end at 22.89 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 0.78% or 0.18 points to 23.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which lost 4.06% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.205 in late trade. Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) declined 3.54% or 1.00 points to end at 27.22 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) shed 3.10% or 1.52 points to 47.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 38 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 3.77% or 2.25 to $57.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.90% or 2.46 to hit $47.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1252.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1360, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.547.