– Finland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.16% to hit a new 3-months low.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oyj (HE: NESTE ), which rose 1.90% or 0.26 points to trade at 13.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE: NOKIA ) added 1.49% or 0.06 points to end at 4.03 and Fortum Oyj (HE: FORTUM ) was up 1.16% or 0.16 points to 14.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cargotec Oyj (HE: CGCBV ), which fell 1.55% or 0.83 points to trade at 52.86 at the close. Qt Group Oyj (HE: QTCOM ) declined 1.34% or 0.90 points to end at 66.50 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE: HUH1V ) was down 1.18% or 0.40 points to 33.56.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 96 to 66 and 27 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.10 to $73.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 23.05 to trade at $2,654.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 106.77.