Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Metsa Board Oyj B (HE:METSB), which rose 3.35% or 0.280 points to trade at 8.645 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 2.93% or 0.1600 points to end at 5.6160 and Neste Oil Oyj (HE:NESTE) was up 2.76% or 1.52 points to 56.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V), which lost 3.25% or 1.18 points to trade at 35.15 in late trade. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) declined 1.86% or 0.32 points to end at 17.18 and Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) shed 0.83% or 0.032 points to 3.821.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 67 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 2.93% or 2.01 to $70.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 3.00 to trade at $1343.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.