Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.78% or 13.5 points to trade at 370.5 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.06% or 0.63 points to end at 31.19 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 1.29% or 1.60 points to 125.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 5.31% or 1.7 points to trade at 30.3 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.81% or 1.6 points to end at 31.7 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) shed 3.64% or 0.4 points to 10.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 77 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.49% or 1.49 to $44.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.27% or 1.45 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.25 to trade at $1243.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.39% to 9.2110, while USD/NOK fell 0.77% to 8.1424.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 94.37.