Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 9.06% or 0.4560 points to trade at 5.4880 at the close. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 4.99% or 1.43 points to end at 30.08 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 4.71% or 0.650 points to 14.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which lost 1.19% or 0.44 points to trade at 36.42 in late trade. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.05% or 0.50 points to end at 47.21 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) shed 0.77% or 0.52 points to 67.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 51 and 13 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.05% or 0.77 to $73.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.46% or 0.99 to hit $68.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1225.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.42.