Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YIT), which rose 1.06% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.65 at the close. Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 0.81% or 0.22 points to end at 27.24 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.70% or 0.11 points to 15.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 5.18% or 0.3120 points to trade at 5.7080 in late trade. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 3.01% or 0.74 points to end at 23.88 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) shed 2.07% or 0.079 points to 3.741.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.36% or 0.25 to $69.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1355.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.