Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which rose 0.86% or 0.29 points to trade at 34.04 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 0.71% or 0.21 points to end at 29.91 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 0.55% or 0.19 points to 34.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which lost 3.68% or 1.07 points to trade at 28.00 in late trade. YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) declined 2.14% or 0.12 points to end at 5.72 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 2.07% or 0.66 points to 31.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 61 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.75% or 2.15 to $80.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.19% or 1.55 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.00 to trade at $1205.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1773, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.67.