Finland shares lower at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 down 1.49%

Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO), which rose 1.05% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.59 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 0.17% or 0.08 points to end at 46.08 and Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 21.86 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 4.67% or 0.95 points to trade at 19.29 in late trade. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) declined 2.93% or 0.34 points to end at 11.09 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) shed 2.79% or 0.25 points to 8.71.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 57 and 25 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.65% or 0.48 to $73.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.75% or 0.53 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.35 to trade at $2,525.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 101.32.