Finland stocks lower at close of trade; OMX Helsinki 25 down 0.60%

Finland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA), which rose 1.71% or 0.27 points to trade at 16.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) added 1.52% or 0.52 points to end at 34.70 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:TYRES) was up 1.45% or 0.20 points to 14.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which fell 7.51% or 0.56 points to trade at 6.85 at the close. Qt Group Oyj (HE:QTCOM) declined 5.75% or 1.98 points to end at 32.44 and Bittium Oyj (HE:BITTI) was down 4.02% or 1.40 points to 33.45.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 114 to 69 and 14 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.25% or 2.13 to $96.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.29% or 2.02 to hit $90.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 62.47 to trade at $4,135.47 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 101.32.