Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.95% or 0.58 points to trade at 30.38 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 1.82% or 0.46 points to end at 25.80 and Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 1.81% or 0.145 points to 8.135 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 6.89% or 0.2400 points to trade at 3.2420 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 2.10% or 0.072 points to end at 3.358 and Kemira Oyj (HE:KRA1V) shed 2.00% or 0.21 points to 10.31.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 80 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 3.28% or 1.49 to $43.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.33% or 1.04 to hit $43.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.07% or 26.85 to trade at $1267.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1400, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7913.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.05.