Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.73% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 3.66% or 0.284 points to trade at 8.048 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 2.28% or 0.40 points to end at 17.97 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 2.21% or 0.160 points to 7.395 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB FDR (HE:NDA1V), which lost 0.73% or 0.070 points to trade at 9.505 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.66% or 0.025 points to end at 3.751 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 0.61% or 0.18 points to 29.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 47 and 10 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.14% or 0.09 to $65.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.91% or 0.56 to hit $62.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.64% or 22.20 to trade at $1334.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.