Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 1.15% or 0.0580 points to trade at 5.1220 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 0.82% or 0.039 points to end at 4.816 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 0.79% or 0.56 points to 71.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which fell 2.88% or 0.88 points to trade at 29.66 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 2.52% or 1.16 points to end at 44.86 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was down 2.34% or 0.132 points to 5.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 72 to 68 and 21 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.91% or 1.58 to $84.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.01% or 1.47 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.30 to trade at $1192.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1572, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.96.