Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which rose 2.93% or 0.117 points to trade at 4.105 at the close. Meanwhile, Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 2.75% or 0.71 points to end at 26.54 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 1.54% or 0.67 points to 44.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which fell 2.99% or 1.07 points to trade at 34.76 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.06% or 0.43 points to end at 40.32 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was down 0.72% or 0.0440 points to 6.0760.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 81 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.26% or 0.19 to $74.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 13.00 to trade at $1325.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.