Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.41% or 0.35 points to trade at 25.25 at the close. Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) added 1.16% or 0.095 points to end at 8.305 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 0.83% or 0.38 points to 46.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 3.53% or 0.258 points to trade at 7.042 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 1.93% or 0.82 points to end at 41.66 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 1.54% or 0.52 points to 33.14.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 63 and 26 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.10% or 0.80 to $71.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.19% or 0.80 to hit $66.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1351.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.17.