Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV), which rose 2.77% or 0.83 points to trade at 30.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) added 1.78% or 0.52 points to end at 29.72 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) was up 1.59% or 0.85 points to 54.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which fell 1.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.10 at the close. Kesko Oyj (HE:KESKOB) declined 1.61% or 0.72 points to end at 44.01 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was down 1.24% or 0.46 points to 36.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 83 to 59 and 17 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.58% or 1.02 to $63.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.33% or 0.77 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1243.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.09.