Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the were Orion Oyj B (HE:), which rose 3.29% or 1.37 points to trade at 42.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Kemira Oyj (HE:) added 2.76% or 0.54 points to end at 20.10 and Neste Oyj (HE:) was up 2.40% or 0.42 points to 17.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cargotec Oyj (HE:), which fell 1.72% or 0.74 points to trade at 42.26 at the close. Valmet Oyj (HE:) declined 0.99% or 0.24 points to end at 23.91 and Nordea Bank Abp (HE:) was down 0.99% or 0.10 points to 10.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 125 to 49 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.77% or 0.59 to $76.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.96% or 0.70 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 15.30 to trade at $2,429.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.41% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 102.80.
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