Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.13% or 0.54 points to trade at 48.50 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 0.77% or 0.05 points to end at 6.50 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.44% or 0.14 points to 32.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 2.04% or 0.2000 points to trade at 9.5950 at the close. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 1.22% or 0.35 points to end at 28.26 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was down 1.10% or 0.52 points to 46.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 77 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 0.54 to 48.50.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $55.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1227.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0587, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8654.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.65.