Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.74% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.86% or 1.96 points to trade at 70.40 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 1.97% or 0.65 points to end at 33.61 and Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS) was up 1.68% or 0.44 points to 26.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which lost 0.80% or 0.22 points to trade at 27.41 in late trade. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 0.68% or 0.11 points to end at 16.10 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIETO) shed 0.60% or 0.18 points to 29.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 48 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.39% or 0.31 to $78.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.60 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1288.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1769, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.61.