Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.81% or 0.1100 points to trade at 6.1850 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 1.40% or 0.36 points to end at 26.16 and Kesko Oyj B (HE:KESBV) was up 1.34% or 0.57 points to 43.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which lost 1.29% or 0.105 points to trade at 8.050 in late trade. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 0.97% or 0.050 points to end at 5.110 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) shed 0.89% or 0.37 points to 41.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 78 and 21 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.19% or 0.62 to $51.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.33% or 0.67 to hit $49.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1256.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.0993, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9023.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 97.92.