Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.90% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.32% or 0.1650 points to trade at 7.2800 at the close. Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 1.55% or 0.41 points to end at 26.93 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.11% or 0.02 points to 17.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which lost 3.90% or 1.13 points to trade at 27.82 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.49% or 0.21 points to end at 13.86 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) shed 1.47% or 0.53 points to 35.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 47 and 23 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.92% or 0.44 to $48.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.07% or 0.49 to hit $46.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.36 to trade at $1254.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1634, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.