Finland's equity market closed with a modest gain on Monday as sector-level strength in Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare helped push the benchmark higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.88%.
Top movers
- Leading the index, Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE) climbed 5.84% - a rise of 1.21 points - finishing at 21.93. The move took Neste to a 52-week high.
- Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) gained 1.71% - up 1.20 points - to end the session at 71.30.
- Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) increased 1.44% - or 0.08 points - to close at 5.78.
Lagging names
- Valmet Oyj (HE:VALMT) was the biggest decliner among the listed names cited, falling 0.88% - down 0.26 points - to 29.13 at the close.
- Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) slipped 0.78% - a drop of 0.04 points - to 4.84.
- KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) ended lower by 0.74% - down 0.46 points - to 61.76.
On overall market breadth, falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 90 to 81, while 17 issues finished unchanged.
Commodities and currencies
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery declined 0.26% - a fall of 0.17 - to $64.90 a barrel. U.S. crude for March delivery was down 0.38% - or 0.23 - to $60.84 a barrel. Precious metals moved in the opposite direction, with the April Gold Futures contract rising 2.18% - an increase of 109.56 - to trade at $5,126.56 a troy ounce.
Currency markets showed the euro stronger against the dollar, with EUR/USD up 0.49% at 1.19. EUR/GBP was noted as unchanged 0.12% to 0.87. The U.S. Dollar Index Futures declined 0.66% to 96.76.
The trading session reflected a mix of selective strength among large-cap names and sector-specific momentum, while overall market breadth remained narrow-to-negative as more issues fell than rose.
Market context and takeaways
The session's gains were concentrated in a few sectors, with Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare providing the primary upward push. Individual outperformers, notably Neste, drove much of the index's advance, while several industrial and manufacturing names moved lower.