Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Media and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 5.63% or 0.79 points to trade at 14.81 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 4.28% or 2.60 points to end at 63.30 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 3.41% or 14.80 points to 448.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which lost 4.19% or 2.4 points to trade at 55.4 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 1.65% or 1.45 points to end at 86.55 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) shed 1.03% or 0.54 points to 51.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 58 and 38 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $66.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.29% to 9.5979, while USD/NOK rose 0.02% to 7.7773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.36.