Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which rose 1.68% or 0.29 points to trade at 17.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 0.92% or 0.055 points to end at 6.030 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 0.78% or 0.24 points to 31.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which fell 2.55% or 1.50 points to trade at 57.30 at the close. Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA) declined 1.41% or 0.56 points to end at 39.06 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 1.04% or 0.060 points to 5.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 70 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.57% or 0.26 to $46.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.77% or 0.33 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 11.95 to trade at $1244.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1184, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.06.