Finland stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 down 1.12%

Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.12%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM ), which rose 0.64% or 0.09 points to trade at 14.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI ) added 0.47% or 0.05 points to end at 10.72 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA ) was up 0.38% or 0.18 points to 47.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO ), which fell 8.18% or 1.59 points to trade at 17.84 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV ) declined 4.46% or 0.51 points to end at 10.81 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO ) was down 3.23% or 0.29 points to 8.64.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 106 to 55 and 27 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.51% or 0.38 to $74.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.29% or 33.75 to trade at $2,648.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.48.

Source: Investing.com