Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.01% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM), which rose 1.75% or 0.31 points to trade at 18.06 at the close. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) added 1.68% or 0.65 points to end at 39.39 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) was up 1.29% or 0.49 points to 38.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valmt (HE:VALMT), which lost 2.46% or 0.40 points to trade at 15.83 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.33% or 0.1200 points to end at 8.9000 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) shed 1.05% or 0.65 points to 61.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 70 and 16 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.73% or 0.42 to $57.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 14.86 to trade at $1288.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.