Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 4.46% or 0.2880 points to trade at 6.7480 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 1.60% or 0.76 points to end at 48.40 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.51% or 0.09 points to 17.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which lost 2.22% or 0.82 points to trade at 36.16 in late trade. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 1.55% or 0.92 points to end at 58.62 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) shed 1.43% or 0.65 points to 44.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.80% or 0.52 to $65.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.70 to trade at $1349.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.