Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.41% or 0.35 points to trade at 25.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) added 1.16% or 0.095 points to end at 8.305 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was up 0.83% or 0.38 points to 46.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which fell 3.53% or 0.258 points to trade at 7.042 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) declined 1.93% or 0.82 points to end at 41.66 and Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) was down 1.54% or 0.52 points to 33.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 68 to 63 and 26 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.10% or 0.80 to $71.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.81 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1351.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.17.