Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.18%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which fell 2.26% or 0.120 points to trade at 5.180 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.87% or 0.0860 points to end at 4.5100 and Kemira Oyj (HE:KEMIRA) was down 1.77% or 0.20 points to 11.09.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 99 to 65 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.06% or 1.74 to 44.63. Shares in Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.77% or 0.66 to 38.02.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.55% or 0.26 to $46.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 3.75 to trade at $1333.05 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.