Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 3.61% or 0.88 points to trade at 25.23 at the close. Meanwhile, YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) added 2.33% or 0.15 points to end at 6.80 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 2.18% or 0.53 points to 24.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which fell 3.33% or 0.1900 points to trade at 5.5180 at the close. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 0.30% or 0.022 points to end at 7.272 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 0.70% or 0.11 points to 15.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 95 to 47 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.33% or 0.1900 to 5.5180.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.14% or 0.10 to $69.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1344.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.