Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which rose 2.93% or 0.117 points to trade at 4.105 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 2.75% or 0.71 points to end at 26.54 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 1.54% or 0.67 points to 44.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which lost 2.99% or 1.07 points to trade at 34.76 in late trade. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.06% or 0.43 points to end at 40.32 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 0.72% or 0.0440 points to 6.0760.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.27% or 0.20 to $74.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 13.00 to trade at $1325.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.