HELSINKI: Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB), which rose 1.44% or 0.65 points to trade at 45.77 at the close. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 0.56% or 0.14 points to end at 25.32 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was up 0.38% or 0.11 points to 29.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 1.74% or 0.105 points to trade at 5.945 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 1.44% or 0.53 points to end at 36.15 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) shed 1.07% or 0.38 points to 34.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 76 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 1.29% or 0.68 to $51.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.92% or 0.46 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 5.93 to trade at $1262.17 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1173, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.31.
