Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 1.26% or 0.065 points to trade at 5.215 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 1.06% or 0.0800 points to end at 7.6150 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 0.31% or 0.12 points to 38.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 2.06% or 0.084 points to trade at 4.000 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 1.96% or 0.195 points to end at 9.750 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) shed 1.84% or 0.27 points to 14.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 127 to 47 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.99% or 0.96 to $49.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.30% or 1.06 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.90% or 10.60 to trade at $1189.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8528.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 101.47.