Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 2.68% or 0.81 points to trade at 31.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 2.54% or 0.360 points to end at 14.525 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 1.96% or 0.155 points to 8.075 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNA Oyj (HE:DNAO), which fell 1.50% or 0.2700 points to trade at 17.7600 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 1.12% or 0.072 points to end at 6.346 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was down 0.32% or 0.013 points to 4.014.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 83 to 62 and 14 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.63% or 0.45 to $72.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 12.00 to trade at $1196.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1462, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 95.84.