Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metso Oyj (HE:METSO), which rose 5.79% or 1.67 points to trade at 30.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 2.57% or 1.30 points to end at 51.80 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) was up 2.32% or 0.092 points to 4.058 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 1.97% or 0.1700 points to trade at 8.4750 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) declined 0.92% or 0.07 points to end at 6.97 and Sampo Oyj A (HE:SAMPO) was down 0.77% or 0.34 points to 43.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 92 to 40 and 18 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.83% or 0.46 to $55.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.91% or 0.46 to hit $49.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.09 to trade at $1310.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.79.