Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 3.78%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Tieto Oyj (HEL:TIE1V), which rose 10.74% or 2.22 points to trade at 22.89 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HEL:YTY1V) added 9.26% or 0.43 points to end at 5.12 and Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOKIA) was up 7.25% or 0.370 points to 5.475 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metso Oyj (HEL:MEO1V), which rose 0.09% or 0.02 points to trade at 21.65 at the close. Valmt (HEL:VALMT) added 0.83% or 0.07 points to end at 9.12 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HEL:HUH1V) was up 0.97% or 0.27 points to 28.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 161 to 21 and 1 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.93% or 0.82 to $43.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.29% or 1.26 to hit $39.50 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.49% or 17.20 to trade at $1136.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.77% to 1.1414, while EUR/GBP fell 1.29% to 0.7271.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.34% at 94.63.