Investing.com – Finland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 1.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 0.23% or 0.07 points to trade at 30.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V) fell 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 9.795 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was down 0.27% or 0.010 points to 3.762 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 3.80% or 0.2950 points to trade at 7.4700 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 2.73% or 0.180 points to end at 6.425 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was down 2.09% or 0.34 points to 15.91.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 105 to 34 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.41% or 0.83 to hit $58.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.68 to trade at $1294.98 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1905, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.79.