Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE), which rose 2.71% or 0.60 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 1.83% or 0.155 points to end at 8.605 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELI1V) was up 1.75% or 0.57 points to 33.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 1.37% or 0.085 points to trade at 6.115 in late trade. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) declined 1.31% or 0.39 points to end at 29.46 and Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) shed 1.20% or 0.40 points to 32.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 75 and 6 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.20% or 0.10 to $48.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.14 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.10 to trade at $1176.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7342.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.85.