Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.46% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 3.85% or 0.28 points to trade at 7.55 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 2.99% or 0.175 points to end at 6.020 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 2.84% or 0.190 points to 6.885 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which lost 1.28% or 0.49 points to trade at 37.73 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 0.88% or 0.34 points to end at 38.19 and Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) shed 0.29% or 0.04 points to 13.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 89 to 48 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 1.09% or 0.54 to $48.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.10% or 0.51 to hit $45.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.76 to trade at $1218.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.0875, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8404.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 99.49.