Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 6.30% or 0.490 points to trade at 8.265 at the close. Meanwhile, UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V) added 3.64% or 0.54 points to end at 15.37 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.84% or 0.17 points to 9.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 12.88% or 0.4160 points to trade at 2.8140 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) declined 5.47% or 0.32 points to end at 5.53 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 3.18% or 0.126 points to 3.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 102 to 73 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 3.10% or 1.64 to $51.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.26% or 1.62 to hit $48.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.60% or 6.90 to trade at $1162.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1370, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7408.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 94.81.