Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 3.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA), which rose 7.36% or 0.73 points to trade at 10.65 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 4.60% or 0.51 points to end at 11.60 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was up 4.46% or 1.40 points to 32.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which added 1.03% or 0.35 points to trade at 34.49 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 1.09% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.7260 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) gained 1.50% or 0.10 points to 6.42.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 32 and 12 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was up 2.66% or 1.31 to $50.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.62% or 1.27 to hit $49.83 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.65 to trade at $1289.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP fell 1.88% to 0.7705.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 93.77.