Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which rose 9.06% or 0.4560 points to trade at 5.4880 at the close. Meanwhile, UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM) added 4.99% or 1.43 points to end at 30.08 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 4.71% or 0.650 points to 14.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA), which fell 1.19% or 0.44 points to trade at 36.42 at the close. KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) declined 1.05% or 0.50 points to end at 47.21 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was down 0.77% or 0.52 points to 67.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 96 to 51 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.05% or 0.77 to $73.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.46% or 0.99 to hit $68.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1225.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1680, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.42.