Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which rose 2.76% or 0.180 points to trade at 6.696 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) added 1.98% or 0.098 points to end at 5.054 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 1.90% or 1.26 points to 67.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 1.50% or 0.0820 points to trade at 5.3700 at the close. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 0.59% or 0.024 points to end at 4.069 and UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) was down 0.33% or 0.10 points to 30.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 90 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.94% or 0.73 to $78.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.