Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 4.46% or 0.2880 points to trade at 6.7480 at the close. Meanwhile, Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) added 1.60% or 0.76 points to end at 48.40 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) was up 0.51% or 0.09 points to 17.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konecranes ABP (HE:KCRA), which fell 2.22% or 0.82 points to trade at 36.16 at the close. Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) declined 1.55% or 0.92 points to end at 58.62 and KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) was down 1.43% or 0.65 points to 44.73.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 78 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.80% or 0.52 to $65.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.70 to trade at $1349.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.