Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the gained 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the were Cargotec Oyj (HE:), which rose 4.49% or 2.02 points to trade at 46.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Orion Oyj B (HE:) added 3.89% or 1.55 points to end at 41.41 and Nokia Oyj (HE:) was up 3.13% or 0.11 points to 3.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sampo Oyj A (HE:), which fell 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 40.09 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:) added 0.61% or 0.28 points to end at 46.37 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:) was up 0.62% or 0.02 points to 3.39.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 88 to 73 and 25 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.60% or 1.36 to $86.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.68% or 1.37 to hit $82.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 1.05 to trade at $2,338.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 105.59.
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