Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which rose 0.25% or 0.07 points to trade at 28.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.17% or 0.04 points to end at 23.32 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 55.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which fell 3.54% or 0.195 points to trade at 5.315 at the close. Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 2.59% or 0.310 points to end at 11.660 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was down 1.91% or 0.230 points to 11.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 98 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.72% or 0.35 to $48.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.90 to trade at $1241.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.1569, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8866.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 94.39.