HELSINKI: Finland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 1.13% or 0.54 points to trade at 48.50 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) added 0.77% or 0.05 points to end at 6.50 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 0.44% or 0.14 points to 32.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 2.04% or 0.2000 points to trade at 9.5950 in late trade. Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) declined 1.22% or 0.35 points to end at 28.26 and Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) shed 1.10% or 0.52 points to 46.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 77 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $55.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1227.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0587, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8654.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.65.
