Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which rose 3.40% or 1.80 points to trade at 54.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Konecranes Abp (HE:KCRA) added 1.46% or 0.55 points to end at 38.25 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 1.19% or 0.37 points to 31.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 3.37% or 0.2450 points to trade at 7.0250 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (publ) FDR (HE:NDA1V) declined 0.77% or 0.090 points to end at 11.560 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 0.66% or 0.25 points to 37.61.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 75 to 64 and 14 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $51.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 6.86 to trade at $1236.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.13.