Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Amer Sports Corporation (HE:AMEAS), which rose 3.61% or 0.88 points to trade at 25.23 at the close. YIT Oyj (HE:YIT) added 2.33% or 0.15 points to end at 6.80 and Metso Oyj (HE:METSO) was up 2.18% or 0.53 points to 24.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V), which lost 3.33% or 0.1900 points to trade at 5.5180 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) added 0.30% or 0.022 points to end at 7.272 and Valmt (HE:VALMT) gained 0.70% or 0.11 points to 15.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 47 and 15 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.14% or 0.10 to $69.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1344.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.