Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which rose 2.75% or 0.99 points to trade at 36.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) added 1.31% or 0.36 points to end at 27.92 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) was up 1.30% or 0.50 points to 38.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valmt (HE:VALMT), which fell 2.27% or 0.42 points to trade at 18.08 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) declined 1.77% or 0.10 points to end at 5.54 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 1.59% or 1.16 points to 71.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 79 to 65 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.14 to $77.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.40 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1693, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 94.04.