Finland Stock Market Update

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

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

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were:
– Kojamo (HE:KOJAMO): rose 1.05% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.59.
– Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA): added 0.17% or 0.08 points to end at 46.08.
– Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA): unchanged at 21.86.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE): fell 4.67% or 0.95 points to trade at 19.29.
– Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV): declined 2.93% or 0.34 points to end at 11.09.
– Metso Oyj (HE:METSO): down 2.79% or 0.25 points to 8.71.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 107 to 57, with 25 ending unchanged.

Shares in Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.17% or 0.08 to 46.08.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.64% or 0.47 to $73.28 a barrel.
• Crude oil for October delivery fell 0.75% or 0.53 to hit $69.81 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.25 to trade at $2,525.25 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

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

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 101.31.