Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which rose 7.89% or 3.51 points to trade at 47.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Valmt (HE:VALMT) added 4.92% or 0.83 points to end at 17.69 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 3.02% or 0.86 points to 29.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1), which fell 3.76% or 0.149 points to trade at 3.819 at the close. Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) declined 1.03% or 0.37 points to end at 35.72 and Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA) was down 0.68% or 0.034 points to 4.970.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 80 to 59 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 7.89% or 3.51 to 47.98.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.49% or 0.35 to $72.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.98% or 12.20 to trade at $1227.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1658, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 94.73.