Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 1.59% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HEL:ORNBV), which rose 0.44% or 0.14 points to trade at 31.87 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HEL:ELI1V) added 0.18% or 0.05 points to end at 28.10 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HEL:NRE1V) was down 0.04% or 0.01 points to 28.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HEL:OUT1V), which lost 4.53% or 0.1860 points to trade at 3.9180 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HEL:CGCBV) declined 3.42% or 1.17 points to end at 33.09 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HEL:WRT1V) shed 3.24% or 1.34 points to 40.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 143 to 29 and 3 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 3.29% or 1.99 to $58.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.63% or 1.46 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1166.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1078, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.7092.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.27.