Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 3.45% or 1.08 points to trade at 32.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 1.78% or 0.070 points to end at 4.010 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 0.60% or 0.21 points to 35.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V), which fell 2.66% or 0.75 points to trade at 27.40 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) declined 1.55% or 0.078 points to end at 4.942 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FUM1V) was down 1.00% or 0.14 points to 13.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 89 to 87 and 25 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 2.97% or 1.51 to $49.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.95% or 1.45 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.35 to trade at $1343.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8611.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.53.