Stocks on the Helsinki exchange ended Monday's session in positive territory, with sector strength in Utilities, Oil & Gas and Technology helping push the benchmark index higher.
Index performance - At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 was up 1.08%.
Leading and lagging names
- Top performers:
- Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) climbed 3.59% or 0.75 points to end at 21.63.
- TietoEVRY Corp (HE:TIETO) gained 3.29% or 0.59 points to finish at 18.51.
- Neste Oyj (HE:NESTE) rose 2.86% or 0.77 points to close at 27.70.
- Weakest performers:
- Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) slipped 1.51% or 0.07 points to 4.55 at the close.
- Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:TYRES) declined 0.93% or 0.09 points to 9.10.
- Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was down 0.41% or 0.13 points to 31.24.
Market breadth and breadth details - On the Helsinki Stock Exchange, advancing issues outnumbered decliners by 96 to 77, while 16 issues finished unchanged.
Commodities and futures - Energy contracts moved notably higher during the trading session. Brent oil for June delivery rose 2.16% or 2.28 to $107.60 a barrel. U.S. crude for May delivery increased 3.34% or 3.33 to $102.97 a barrel. Precious metals also recorded gains, with the June Gold Futures contract up 1.21% or 54.95 to trade at $4,579.25 per troy ounce.
Foreign exchange and dollar index - The euro slipped versus the dollar, with EUR/USD down 0.49% to 1.15. EUR/GBP was effectively unchanged, moving 0.03% to 0.87. The US Dollar Index Futures traded higher, up 0.37% at 100.35.
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