Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HEL:VALMT), which rose 2.42% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.02 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HEL:ELI1V) added 1.92% or 0.59 points to end at 31.26 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HEL:STERV) was up 1.87% or 0.160 points to 8.715 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HEL:OTE1V), which lost 3.12% or 0.190 points to trade at 5.895 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V) declined 2.09% or 0.0880 points to end at 4.1240 and Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOK1V) shed 0.62% or 0.040 points to 6.390.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 65 and 4 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 4.84% or 2.52 to $49.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.78% or 1.78 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 4.60 to trade at $1090.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.0952, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7025.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 97.58.