Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which rose 4.06% or 1.74 points to trade at 44.63 at the close. Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 1.77% or 0.66 points to end at 38.02 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.75% or 0.21 points to 12.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 2.26% or 0.120 points to trade at 5.180 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.87% or 0.0860 points to end at 4.5100 and Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA) shed 1.77% or 0.20 points to 11.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 65 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.55% or 0.26 to $46.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.91% or 0.42 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.70 to trade at $1333.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8400.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 97.11.