Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.29% or 0.1850 points to trade at 8.2500 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 1.07% or 0.09 points to end at 8.02 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 0.44% or 0.11 points to 25.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 3.28% or 0.146 points to trade at 4.308 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 1.41% or 0.054 points to end at 3.774 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) shed 1.11% or 0.075 points to 6.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 69 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.47% or 0.26 to $55.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.46 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.92% or 11.05 to trade at $1215.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.0726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8598.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 100.33.