Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.82% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV), which rose 2.62% or 0.330 points to trade at 12.910 at the close. Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 2.53% or 0.68 points to end at 27.54 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was up 2.13% or 0.52 points to 24.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which lost 3.94% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.900 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 1.61% or 0.50 points to end at 30.61 and Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) shed 1.49% or 0.170 points to 11.270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 68 and 14 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.52% or 0.30 to $57.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.62 to trade at $1283.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.72.