Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Diversified Financials and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.55% or 1.84 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.26% or 0.73 points to end at 23.14 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 2.79% or 2.00 points to 73.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which lost 3.78% or 2.65 points to trade at 67.40 in late trade. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) declined 2.49% or 0.14 points to end at 5.48 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 2.49% or 5.5 points to 215.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 80 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.09% or 0.67 to $62.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.71% or 23.20 to trade at $1333.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.6744, while USD/NOK rose 0.75% to 7.8385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.