Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 3.85% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.26 at the close. Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) added 2.02% or 0.75 points to end at 37.90 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 1.63% or 0.067 points to 4.188 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which lost 1.15% or 0.115 points to trade at 9.895 in late trade. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) declined 1.15% or 0.37 points to end at 31.71 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 1.08% or 0.38 points to 34.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 77 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.04 to $76.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.52% or 0.34 to hit $66.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1304.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1786, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.58.