Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V), which rose 3.28% or 0.47 points to trade at 14.97 at the close. Fortum Oyj (HE:FORTUM) added 2.46% or 0.48 points to end at 19.99 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) was up 1.82% or 0.36 points to 20.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which lost 1.41% or 0.41 points to trade at 28.57 in late trade. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) declined 1.15% or 0.0450 points to end at 3.8590 and Nordea Bank Abp (HE:NDAFI) shed 0.58% or 0.046 points to 7.931.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 66 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 2.54% or 1.52 to $61.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.60% or 1.35 to hit $53.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.75 to trade at $1307.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1426, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8703.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.502.