Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.76% or 0.1950 points to trade at 7.2700 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 1.89% or 0.110 points to end at 5.925 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.54% or 0.26 points to 17.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which fell 0.58% or 0.12 points to trade at 20.52 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 0.18% or 0.06 points to end at 33.73 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 0.16% or 0.07 points to 42.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 44 and 28 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 2.54% or 1.29 to $52.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.80% or 1.34 to hit $49.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.92 to trade at $1231.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.0973, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.