Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM), which rose 2.11% or 0.56 points to trade at 27.11 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 0.91% or 0.16 points to end at 17.65 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) was up 0.80% or 0.22 points to 27.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which lost 1.66% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.83 in late trade. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) declined 1.03% or 0.080 points to end at 7.670 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) shed 0.92% or 0.0720 points to 7.7640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.39% or 0.98 to $69.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.82% or 0.53 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2237, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 90.38.