Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.68% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which rose 1.04% or 0.051 points to trade at 4.952 at the close. Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) added 0.29% or 0.11 points to end at 38.48 and Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) was down 0.60% or 0.30 points to 49.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 6.95% or 0.217 points to trade at 2.905 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 5.95% or 0.2130 points to end at 3.3660 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) shed 5.57% or 1.32 points to 22.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 31 and 7 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.52% or 0.94 to $60.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.11% or 1.11 to hit $51.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1250.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1375, while EUR/GBP rose 1.15% to 0.9046.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 97.002.