Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V), which rose 10.75% or 2.04 points to trade at 21.02 at the close. Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) added 6.88% or 0.555 points to end at 8.625 and Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB) was up 2.44% or 0.125 points to 5.245 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV), which lost 13.89% or 5.93 points to trade at 36.76 in late trade. Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) declined 5.59% or 2.28 points to end at 38.50 and Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V) shed 3.82% or 1.56 points to 39.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 75 and 17 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.17% or 0.60 to $50.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.09% or 0.55 to hit $49.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.80% or 10.05 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0890, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 98.66.