Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.90% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 2.32% or 0.1650 points to trade at 7.2800 at the close. Meanwhile, Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) added 1.55% or 0.41 points to end at 26.93 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.11% or 0.02 points to 17.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which fell 3.90% or 1.13 points to trade at 27.82 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.49% or 0.21 points to end at 13.86 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was down 1.47% or 0.53 points to 35.62.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 83 to 47 and 23 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.09% or 0.50 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.29 to trade at $1254.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1634, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.