Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V), which rose 3.45% or 0.285 points to trade at 8.555 at the close. Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 2.56% or 0.120 points to end at 4.804 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 2.14% or 0.155 points to 7.405 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V), which lost 0.72% or 0.17 points to trade at 23.48 in late trade. Konecranes Oyj (HE:KCR1V) added 0.44% or 0.10 points to end at 22.68 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) gained 0.54% or 0.018 points to 3.364.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 59 and 18 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.48% or 0.23 to $48.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.94% or 0.45 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.74% or 21.75 to trade at $1229.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP fell 1.67% to 0.7618.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.59.