Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which rose 1.67% or 0.50 points to trade at 30.42 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 0.88% or 0.065 points to end at 7.475 and Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) was up 0.84% or 0.080 points to 9.635 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which lost 2.08% or 0.55 points to trade at 25.89 in late trade. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 2.08% or 0.98 points to end at 46.04 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) shed 1.82% or 0.146 points to 7.854.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 73 to 72 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.99% or 0.65 to $64.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.31% or 0.81 to hit $61.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.10 to trade at $1320.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2329, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.94.