Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which rose 5.16% or 0.233 points to trade at 4.746 at the close. Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) added 4.83% or 0.420 points to end at 9.115 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 3.07% or 0.79 points to 26.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which lost 3.69% or 0.98 points to trade at 25.57 in late trade. Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) declined 0.39% or 0.18 points to end at 46.05 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) shed 0.33% or 0.12 points to 36.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 89 to 52 and 20 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $71.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.90 to trade at $1347.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.