Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 5.78% or 2.07 points to trade at 37.88 at the close. DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO) added 3.39% or 0.6000 points to end at 18.3100 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 2.18% or 1.56 points to 73.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which lost 3.81% or 1.48 points to trade at 37.38 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 2.92% or 0.118 points to end at 3.919 and Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) shed 2.64% or 0.87 points to 32.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 69 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.56% or 0.41 to $73.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1231.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.21.