Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 1.98% or 0.275 points to trade at 14.175 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 1.77% or 0.135 points to end at 7.750 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 1.65% or 0.51 points to 31.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which lost 9.84% or 2.95 points to trade at 27.02 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 4.46% or 0.330 points to end at 7.074 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 2.15% or 1.09 points to 49.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 65 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.42% or 0.29 to $70.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1341.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.2273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 90.15.