Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.01% or 0.1450 points to trade at 7.3450 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 1.24% or 0.058 points to end at 4.742 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 1.14% or 0.42 points to 37.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 0.72% or 0.028 points to trade at 3.882 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.56% or 0.020 points to end at 3.534 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) shed 0.42% or 0.06 points to 14.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 84 and 25 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 4.48% or 2.10 to $48.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.27% or 1.98 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.35 to trade at $1214.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0608, while EUR/GBP fell 1.12% to 0.8496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 101.09.