Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 1.97% or 0.110 points to trade at 5.700 at the close. Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V) added 1.46% or 0.54 points to end at 37.53 and Elisa Oyj (HE:ELISA) was up 1.43% or 0.51 points to 36.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V), which lost 1.22% or 0.080 points to trade at 6.465 in late trade. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) declined 1.17% or 0.46 points to end at 39.00 and Tieto Oyj (HE:TIE1V) shed 0.92% or 0.24 points to 25.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 64 and 27 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.15% or 0.67 to $57.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 9.32 to trade at $1302.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1781, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 92.93.