Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.76% or 0.180 points to trade at 6.696 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 1.98% or 0.098 points to end at 5.054 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 1.90% or 1.26 points to 67.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 1.50% or 0.0820 points to trade at 5.3700 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.59% or 0.024 points to end at 4.069 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) shed 0.33% or 0.10 points to 30.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.94% or 0.73 to $78.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.