Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.02% or 0.065 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.29% or 0.014 points to end at 4.778 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 41.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 1.91% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.300 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 1.27% or 0.070 points to end at 5.450 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 1.18% or 0.08 points to 6.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 53 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 1.55% or 0.88 to $55.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.49% or 0.81 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.85 to trade at $1234.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.